Two injured after car crashes near Piccadilly Circus roundabout

29 Jun 2025 • 6:00 PM MYT
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Two people have been injured after a car crashed near a roundabout in London’s Piccadilly Circus.

Emergency services were called to reports of a road traffic collision at around 5.30am on Sunday.

Pictures show a heavily damaged vehicle lying on its roof near the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, popularly known as Eros.

One person was taken to a major trauma centre and the other to a local hospital.

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The area has been cordoned off by police.

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We sent a number of resources, including ambulance crews, a paramedic 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.”