London Victoria station bus crash: Woman, 56, killed after being hit by double decker in horror rush hour smash

A 56-YEAR-OLD woman was hit and killed by a double decker bus in a tragic crash outside London Victoria Railway station yesterday.

Dramatic pictures show chaos outside the busy station, with broken glass littered across the floor after the crash unfolded just after 9.15am on Monday.

The Met Police has since confirmed the tragic pedestrian was a 56-year-old woman from South London.

The driver of the bus, a 46-year-old woman, was also taken to hospital. She has since been discharged.

A large section of Victoria Station was cordoned off by police tape while black tarpaulins covered the crash scene in London.

Pictures appear to indicate a number 13 bus having crashed through the back of the bus stop.

Specialist police traffic investigators are on scene and an investigation into the circumstances of the collision is now underway, police have said.

Aaliyah, 21, who works in the Scribbles store near the scene, said: "I didn't hear anything which is strange because it happened right outside.

"I didn't realise anything had happened until I saw the ambulances arrive and thought 'Wow! That is a lot'.

"It is not uncommon to see ambulances around here, but the number was quite shocking. We couldn't see anything because of our window displays."

Myra, who works at the nearby Superdrug store, said: "Customers have been coming in all morning and asking us what has happened.

"They don't understand how we didn't see anything, but we are working so we can't look up.

"It is as if they are trying to keep it from us."

When she heard that someone had been killed in the accident she was in shock, adding: "We thought that there was a fire because we saw the fire engines.

"We were getting ready thinking that we were going to be evacuated."

London mayor Sadiq Khan has said the crash was an "awful tragedy" and warned the station would be shut for the "foreseeable future".

He said: "Our thoughts and prayers are with this pedestrian who has been killed today."

Glynn Barton, Transport for London's (TfL) chief operating officer, said it was assisting the police along with bus operator RATP.

"Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the person who was tragically killed following a collision with a bus in Victoria this morning.

"This will have been a deeply distressing incident for everyone involved and we have support available for those affected."