Hot pursuit of suspect car ends with a spectacular crash bringing traffic to a halt in Barnet High Street
Traffic in Barnet High Street was at a standstill after a dramatic late morning crash when a car being followed by police cars struck the side of a No 34 bus waiting in the lay-by next to the Red Lion public house.
The crash happened opposite Barnet police station and the suspect car ended up being corralled by seven police cars.
Eyewitnesses described the impact when the car careered into the bus hitting it just below the driver’s cab.
The bus driver and a suspect – who was immediately handcuffed by police officers – were both shaken up by the crash and taken to hospital.
“There was a tremendous bang,” said the driver in the next No 34 waiting in the lay-by reserved for buses on the Barnet Church to Walthamstow Central route.
“Suddenly the whole place was surrounded by police cars. It must have been some sort of hot pursuit and a suspect was dragged out from the crashed car.
“No wonder the bus driver needed to go to hospital. The car that hit his bus was a write off. The driver wouldn’t have known what was happening.”
Students from Barnet College lined up to watch the action.
“For a moment it looked like a scene being filmed for tv…there were so many police cars surrounding the crashed car,” said one of the eyewitnesses.
Once the shaken-up suspect was safely in handcuffs, officers sat him down on the bench in front of High Barnet Police Station before escorting him across the road to a waiting ambulance.
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There seems to be a lot of problems with Barnet council.Firstly regarding the manor and allocation of funds to , dare I say , needless and not only unnecessary reductions spending on speed bumps, bus lanes “ High Barnet, which just bottlenecks traffic, mays lane’s width restrictions removed etc. End of year paying out to do this that and the other to balance the budget, sorry. Crooked spending on unnecessary b.s. I have witnessed road works that would cost £3000 odd cost £25000. Roads blocked with skips to re repair a 1 meter x 1 meter sub pavement issue with portable loos, no one working, tax payers money paying a registered contractor ££££££ via Barnet council who have no idea what is happening. Friends of said contractors being friends of employees of Barnet council signing off of works done with a little financial incentive . Thousands spent on speed bumps that should have been directed at POT HOLES. Barnet high street fails because nobody can park. Illegal scooter drivers driving like lunatics.
Too much to say.
I will need an audience or create an audience to fully engage in fixing all issues that every resident has. Auditing forensically to investigate miss spent funds. Etc etc ….. you would be smart to call me. I’ll give you my number when you reply via email Regards The citizens of High Barnet