Duchess Sophie’s royal escort throws woman 40ft in air after she’s hit at speed
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A police motorbike launched an elderly woman "40 feet across the road” during a royal escort.
Security measures ensuring Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh travelled safely down a "nightmare" of a road, resulted in a critical injury at around 3.20pm on Wednesday.
A witness who was on a dog walk in London's Earl's Court at the time, has shared his horror at the sight of a pedestrian, in her 80s being struck by the motorcade.
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Antiques dealer Martin Hennessy, 62, told the Mirror: “She’s lucky to be alive at all. The road is a nightmare. We’ve warned the council about it. There have been three people killed here.
“When you get to the junction you have to step out to see if anything is coming, that’s when she was hit.
“I came out to walk the dogs and that's when I saw this thoroughfare. She’d been thrown across the road and the ambulance were treating her."
Another person who lives nearby described the road as "dangerous", and wrote on Facebook: "This road is awful – it scares me."
Paramedics from the London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance attended the scene, and the woman was taken to hospital.
She remains in a critical condition and her family have been informed.
In a short statement, Buckingham Palace said: "The Duchess’s heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the injured lady and her family.
"She is grateful for the swift response by the emergency services and will keep abreast of developments.
"Further comment at this time would not be appropriate while the incident is being investigated."
No other injuries were reported, said the Metropolitan Police, and enquiries into the crash are ongoing.
In an updated statement this morning, the force confirmed that an investigation has been launched by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).
A police spokesperson said: “A woman has been injured after being involved in a collision with a police motorcycle in west London.
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"At approximately 15:21hrs on Wednesday, 10 May a police motorcycle on escort duties was involved in a collision with a member of the public on West Cromwell Road, Earls Court, SW5.
"Paramedics from the London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance attended and a woman, aged in her 80s, was taken to hospital. She remains there in a critical condition. Her family have been informed.
"There are no reports of any other injuries."
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