Three people killed in serious crash in west London
It happened in the early hours of Tuesday morning
Last updated 14th Sep 2021
Three people have died after a car crashed into a residential block in west London, the Metropolitan Police said.
Officers and emergency crews were called to Great Western Road in Notting Hill at around 4.50am and found the vehicle on fire.
The flames were extinguished but three people were pronounced dead at the scene.
A London Fire Brigade spokesman said that their 999 call handlers took 20 calls to the blaze, and sent four fire engines along with two rescue units.
A nearby coffee shop owner said some of the first witnesses on the scene of the Great Western Road crash were visibly shaken when they came to a get a drink from him on Tuesday morning.
Goao Santos, who runs the BICA coffee shop in Westbourne Park station, opened up at around 6am.
He told the PA news agency:
"The guy cleaning the street, the cleaner, he came to get an espresso. They said it's a really bad car crash.
"They went there, they said the car was on fire, they tried to rescue but could they could not rescue."
Mr Santos added that someone in the man's group then called the police.
"He couldn't even tell how many people there were inside of the car. The blaze was probably so intense. He was a bit shaken, you know," he said.
Police are working to inform their families, and have asked for any witnesses or those with dashcam footage to come forward.
No other cars are thought to have been involved in the crash, and a number of residents were evacuated from the building as a precaution.
Anyone with information can call police on 101 quoting the reference CAD 917/14 Sept.