One Dead, One Critical after National Express Fire ball in Battersea Police are appealing for...

Published: 12:28 pm December 22, 2019
Updated: 5:16 am October 8, 2025

One Dead, One Critical after National Express Fire ball in Battersea

    Police are appealing for witnesses following a road traffic collision that has left a woman dead and another critically injured. Police were called at approximately 04:30hrs on Sunday, 22 December to reports of a grey VW Polo in collision with a National Express coach on Queenstown Road, SW11. Officers, London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade attended the scene. Both vehicles caught alight. The rear seat passenger of the car, a 26-year-old woman, died at 05:06hrs. The female driver of the vehicle was taken to a south London hospital where she remains in a critical condition. Road closures remain in place. Enquiries into the circumstances continue. Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 quoting CAD 1435/22 Dec.

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