THIS is the shocking moment drunk revellers smash a rickshaw head-on into a double-decker bus on a night out.
The terrifying scene unfolded at 1.10am on Monday in Charing Cross Road, London , and saw three men rushed to hospital.
Dashcam footage from a nearby car shows the pedicab swerving across the road and colliding with a N19 night bus.
After the collision, a man can be seen trying to clamber from the wreckage.
The illuminated rickshaw lays in the middle of the road as members of the public rush over to help.
London’s Air Ambulance were called to the scene, on the junction between Phoenix Street and Charing Cross Road.
Paramedics transported two victims to hospital, and one to a major trauma centre.
Two men, aged 23 and 25, remain in hospital where their injuries have been assessed as non life-threatening or life-changing.
The other man has since been discharged with minor injuries.
It has now emerged the London Pedicab Welfare Association (LPWA) claimed there was no professional driver operating the rickshaw.
It’s been alleged the three men involved were “intoxicated” and stole the pedicab on a night out.
The designated rider is claimed to have watched the incident unfold and it has been reported to the police .
A LPWA spokesperson said: “One of our riders had briefly left his vehicle unattended to purchase food, during which time a group of intoxicated individuals stole the pedicab.
“It was these individuals who were subsequently responsible for the collision.
“Our rider, who was present at the scene, has confirmed this, and the matter has already been reported to the police. He is fully cooperating with their ongoing investigation.”
The Metropolitan Police have made no arrests amid their ongoing investigation.
A spokesperson for London’s Air Ambulance confirmed: “We were called at 1.07am today (25 August) to reports of a road traffic collision at the junction of Charing Cross Road and Phoenix Street.
“We sent resources to the scene, including ambulance crews, an advanced paramedic, a paramedic in a fast response car and an incident response officer. We also dispatched a trauma team in a car from London’s Air Ambulance.
“We treated three people. We took one patient to a major trauma centre and two patients to local hospitals.”
A Met Police spokesperson said previously: “Around 1.10am on Monday, August 25, officers attended the junction of Charing Cross Road and Phoenix Street, Charing Cross, alongside the London Ambulance Service, following reports of a collision between a rickshaw and a bus.
“Three men were treated at the scene for injuries, and were taken to hospital.
“One man’s injuries were found to be minor, and he was subsequently discharged.
“The two other victims – aged 23 and 25 – remain in hospital with injuries believed to be serious.”
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