London Helicopter Crashes into a Crane Vauxhall London - EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT

Published on: Jan 16, 2013
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Two people have been killed when a helicopter hit a crane in central London, crashing into two cars as it fell to the ground.


A helicopter has crashed into a crane in Central London before plummeting to the ground.

9:24am
London's Counter Terrorism Command spokesman said: "There's nothing in our world at this stage. There's nothing to suggest any terrorism link."

9:20am
Road congestion has spread out from the scene of the crash - reaching Clapham, Kennington, Wandsworth, Lambeth and Battersea.

9:20am
Vauxhall Underground station, on the Victoria line, was closed, leading to disruption to services on the line.

9:19am
The building is only a few hundred metres from MI6 and is situated on a busy roundabout.

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The crane was on top of a building called The Tower, in the St George Wharf development, and is billed to be one of Europe's tallest residential towers.

9:16am
Mark Louis Sidney, who was heading for Vauxhall station, told Sky News: "I heard a loud bang, I looked up and saw bits of propeller and parts of the aircraft falling off it and then plummeting down. Then a plume of smoke went up."

9:13am
Eyewitness Matt Haverson was doing construction work on railway arches near the incident.
He said there was a good "pull together" with people attem

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