A automobile collided Thursday with the gates of Downing Road in central London, the place the British prime minister’s residence and workplaces are positioned, setting off a fast safety response in certainly one of London’s most-fortified websites.
{A photograph} of Quantity 10 Downing Road, in London. (Reuters)
The Metropolitan Police pressure stated a person was arrested Thursday afternoon on the scene on suspicion of prison injury and harmful driving. There have been no stories of accidents.
Video footage posted on social media confirmed a white automobile heading straight for the gates at low velocity throughout Whitehall, the primary thoroughfare in London’s authorities district. Footage shot quickly after confirmed a automobile with its trunk open up towards the tall steel gates.
It was not instantly clear whether or not the crash was deliberate. Police stated they had been working to determine the circumstances.
Officers cordoned off Whitehall after the crash however later lifted a few of the boundaries.
Downing Road is a slender road with a row of Georgian homes that features the prime minister’s official residence at No. 10.
The gates had been erected in 1989 in response to threats from Irish Republican Military militants. Public entry to the road is restricted and the gates are protected always by armed cops.
