Woman is hit by bus outside London Victoria station at junction where two people have lost their lives in three years

A woman was hit by a double-decker bus outside London Victoria station today at a notoriously dangerous junction where two people have died in the past three years.

The victim was taken to hospital after the crash at about 11am, with passengers kept on the bus for more than an hour afterwards to be interviewed by police.

Two other women have died in the same area after being hit by a bus in recent years - Catherine Finnegan, 56, in January; and Melissa Burr, 32, in August 2021.

Youcef Fk, 26, who works for a sightseeing bus company in Victoria, told the Daily Telegraph today: 'Police said a lady had been smashed by the bus.

'This is about the third time it has happened in the same place, and the fourth time was a couple of weeks ago when a bus stop was smashed.'

He said it was a 'dangerous junction' and that his company had warned police and the council that the 'pavement is too close to the road and bus wheels go over it'.

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