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London’s Westminster Bridge Shut After Boat Crash – Police (Photo, Video)

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London’s Westminster Bridge Shut After Boat Crash – Police (Photo, Video)

17:42 GMT 06.07.2019

© AFP 2023 / Justin TALLISThe Palace of Westminster, comprising the House of Commons and the House of Lords, wchich together make up the Houses of Parliament, are pictured on the banks of the River Thames alongside Westminster Bridge in central London on March 29, 2017

The Palace of Westminster, comprising the House of Commons and the House of Lords, wchich together make up the Houses of Parliament, are pictured on the banks of the River Thames alongside Westminster Bridge in central London on March 29, 2017 - Sputnik International

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Westminster Bridge over the River Thames in London was shut Saturday after a tourist boat crashed into its lower section, the Metropolitan Police said.

"Westminster Bridge is temporarily closed after a boat was involved in a collision with the bottom of the bridge," the police tweeted.

Westminster Bridge is temporarily closed after a boat was involved in a collision with the bottom of the bridge. @LondonFire and the local authority are in attendance. No injuries. Thanks for your patience.
This incident is not terror related.
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) 6 июля 2019 г.

There were no reported injuries. The law enforcement does not treat it as terror-related, the police stressed.

@BBCNews boat hits Westminster Bridge pic.twitter.com/QtMHvpyKoQ
— SelhurstUnderLights (@SiBoy74) 6 июля 2019 г.

#Update: A CCTV camera footage of the live feed it is broadcasting on the Westminster Bridge in #London being closed, after a tourist boat carrying Tourists crashed into a pillar and no one got injured. #WestminsterBridge #UK pic.twitter.com/HHnuWtRil9
— Sotiri Dimpinoudis (@sotiridi) 6 июля 2019 г.

Photos of the incident in the British media showed the Millennium of Peace ferry stuck under the foot-and-road bridge, located downstream from the Houses of Parliament.