Woman killed, two injured after buses collide at London's Victoria Station

A woman has been killed and two others injured after a crash involving two buses at London's Victoria Station.

A singled decker bus crashed into the back of another during the morning rush hour in front of a station busy with commuters.

The victim is understood to be a pedestrian and one of the injured was a bus driver.

Emergency crews worked behind hastily erected screens to try to save the victim. Later police officers could be seen examining the buses and photographing the scene.

A witness, who wanted to remain anonymous, was travelling on another bus when she “heard a bang” and saw a woman “underneath” a bus.

She said: “She had a dark floral skirt and blonde hair. Her hand was outstretched. There were a lot of people around her, one lady was holding her hand and a guy was trying to help.

“I honestly hoped she would be okay.”

The witness said the bus she was travelling on left moments later, adding that she and her fellow passengers were left feeling shocked and “helpless”.

"Police were called at 08:25hrs on Tuesday, 10 August to reports of a collision involving two buses and three pedestrians outside Victoria Railway Station,' Met Police said in a statement.

"Emergency services attended and immediately provided first aid. One of the pedestrians, believed to be aged in her 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene at 09:00hrs. Her next of kin have yet to be informed.

"Two other people were treated for non-life threatening injuries," police added.

Big Issue seller Jacob Davidson, 36, described how passers-by “swarmed” the scene following the crash in an attempt to help.

“It was just a loud bang, the bus smashed into the back of the one in front. The front of it was all smashed in,” he said.

“I didn’t think much of it until two cab drivers stepped out of their cabs, jumped over the railing and started looking under the bus.

“There was a sound of panic… people shouting ‘can we get help’.”

Another Big Issue seller, Danielle Cain, said she “heard a woman scream” and saw “a load of people gathered round”.

She continued: “It was awful, I knew instantly something bad had happened.

“I was told later a woman had got trapped under a bus.”

The London Ambulance Service said it sent several crews to the scene and dispatched London’s Air Ambulance.

Andy Byford, TfL’s Commissioner, said: "We are extremely saddened that a woman has tragically died after a collision with a bus and our thoughts are with her family and friends.

"We are thinking of everyone affected by this incident and will support everyone however we can.

"We are working urgently with the operator of the two buses, Go Ahead London, and the police to investigate what happened.”

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan tweeted: