Police: London crash that hurt 11 is not terror October 7, 2017Britain's Police at the scene of an incident in central London, Oct. 7, 2017. (AP/Alastair Grant)(AP/Alastair Grant)Police: London crash that hurt 11 is not terrorPolice investigating circumstances surrounding a car crash that injured 11 pedestrians Saturday in London initially suspected terrorism. Four hours later, they said it was an accident.British emergency services raced to London’s Natural History Museum after a car struck pedestrians Saturday outside the building. Police said a number of people were injured and one person was detained at the scene.The crash happened at 2:20 p.m. on a day when the central London museum is usually teeming with pedestrians, including international tourists.Photographs showed a dented silver car and a man being pinned to the ground outside the museum. Witness Katie Craine said she was coming out of the museum when she saw a man in handcuffs pinned down by police near a damaged car.She says “he looked really proud of himself … he was laughing.”Many shops in the museum district were evacuated and the museum was shut down as police tried to determine if there was a threat to the public. Police originally investigated whether the incident was related to terrorism, but four hours later announced it was an accident.By: AP BritainLondon terror
