A 26-year-old woman has died after a collision between a National Express coach and a car in south-west London.
The incident took place on Queenstown Road, in Battersea, at about 4.30am on Sunday. A rear-seat passenger of the car was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 5am. The female driver of the vehicle was taken to a south London hospital where police said she remained in a critical condition.
London ambulance service (LAS) treated two more people at the scene for minor injuries, one of whom was taken to hospital. The other was discharged at the scene, it said.
Footage posted online showed both vehicles engulfed in flames. National Express said the coach involved in the crash was the A3 service from Gatwick to London Victoria.
A spokesperson for the company said: “One passenger was taken to hospital and all other passengers were safely transferred to a replacement vehicle for onward travel.
“Emergency services attended the scene and we will continue to provide every assistance with the ongoing investigation. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the occupant of the car, who sadly passed away.”
A Met police spokesperson said it was investigating the cause of the crash and appealed for witnesses.
LAS said it dispatched ambulance crews, an advanced paramedic, a team leader, an incident response officer and its hazardous area response team to the scene, as well as an advance trauma team from London’s air ambulance, consisting of a paramedic and a doctor in a car.
An LAS spokesperson said: “Despite the best efforts of our medics, one patient sadly died at the scene. We took a second patient to a major trauma centre as a priority.”
Queenstown Road and Chelsea Bridge remained closed because of the crash.
