Bus Crashes Into West End Home Of ‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ – Report
deadline.comA city bus crashed into London’s Palace Theatre, home to the West End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, this afternoon, according to a report posted on the UK’s Metro news site.
No injuries have been reported, but police sealed off the crash site on Shaftesbury Avenue, near Leicester Square, as a possible crime scene and continued to investigate into the afternoon.
The incident occurred around 1 p.m. London time. A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police told Metro that, upon arriving at the scene, “Officers found a bus had mounted the curb and collided with a structure.
No one was injured in this incident. A crime scene remains in place and enquiries into the circumstances continue.” Photos of the crash site show damage to the side of the famed theater with what looks to be a partially collapsed side marquee.
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