Three killed in London fireball crash
Three killed in London fireball crash: Witnesses tell how man tried to pull screaming victims to safety as car was engulfed in flames moments after it smashed into retirement block in Westbourne Park
Three people have died today after a car crashed into building near Notting Hill Emergency services attended the scene and found the vehicle on fireThe LFB extinguished the blaze but three people were pronounced deadA number of residents were evacuated from the building as a precaution
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Three people have died after a car smashed into a sheltered housing block and burst into flames near Notting Hill today.
Nine people from the retirement home were rescued by London firefighters following the horror crash at the junction of Great Western Road and Woodfield Road at 4.50am this morning.
Firefighters extinguished the blaze but three people were pronounced dead at the scene, just a hundred yards from Westbourne Park station. A huge cordon is in place and expected to last several hours.
One witness said a man leapt from his bed and tried to pull screaming victims to safety before their car was engulfed with flames.
‘A guy who had no top on ran out and was trying to drag someone out of the car,’ the witness told the Standard.
Three people have died following a road traffic collision in Westminster
Emergency services at the scene at Great Western Road in Westminster
Nine people from the retirement home were rescued by firefighters following the horror crash in Great Western Road at 4.50am
‘There was screaming and shouting and smoke and he was doing his best but then flames starting shooting up. We all rang the emergency services.
‘The man with no top was doing his best he had obviously just got out of bed. It was a terrible scene to wake up to. I just think of the poor families.’
One witness who lives on the road told LBC they saw a neighbour run out to try to help the people in the burning car.
They said: ‘It’s a shock – you don’t expect something like that to happen. There’s no words. It’ll stay with us for a while.’
Another said: ‘There were flames shooting up from the car. There were people on the street and all the traffic stopped. It was like something out of a movie. My kids were crying. It was horrific.’
Manuel Gaspar, manager of the Transparent World cleaning company, based opposite the crash, told the Standard: ‘The impact was awful. There was debris spread all over the road.
A number of residents were evacuated from the building as a precaution. A scene remains in place and enquiries are ongoing
‘We saw a neighbour who was very brave. He had just woken up and didn’t have a shirt on and was trying to get into the passenger door. All the other doors were stuck or too damaged.
‘The smoke was going into the old people’s home and then the fire started in the back of the car.’
There are not believed to be any other injuries and at this stage no other vehicles are believed to have been involved. A number of residents were evacuated from the building as a precaution.
Detectives from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit are appealing for witnesses and those with dash cam footage to come forward following the incident.
Anyone who saw the car before the incident, or who has information, video or images that could help police, is urged to call 101 ref CAD 917/14 Sept.
