Man fighting for his life after car ploughs into iconic London landmark
A car has crashed into the iconic Piccadilly Circus roundabout this morning, leaving two people with serious injuries and the London landmark closed off.
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Emergency workers rushed to the scene in the early hours of Sunday morning after a vehicle smashed into the historic landmark.
Roads and junctions leading into Piccadilly Circus were closed and the roundabout was cordoned off.
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Two men aged 22 who were in the vehicle were taken to hospital, one of them in a life-threatening condition.
No pedestrians were injured and no other vehicles are thought to be involved, the Metropolitan Police said.
Road closures are in place around Piccadilly Circus.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 5.25am today (29 June) to reports of a road traffic collision on Piccadilly, W1J.
in a fast response car, an incident response officer and members of our hazardous area response team (HART).
"We also dispatched a trauma team in a car from London’s Air Ambulance.
“Our first paramedic arrived on scene in less than four minutes.
“We treated two people. We took one patient to a major trauma centre and the other patient to a local hospital.”