Grove Vale closed (Tuesday 27/10/2015)

[a_m]

Some sort of major incident on Grove Vale which is closed to cars and pedestrians in the section just before the station (if you are coming from Goose Green). You can get to the station on foot if you cut down Copleston and take the shortcut through Hayes Grove.

[Azalea]

BBC Radio London travel news is saying collision.

[kibris]

I hear the queen is on her way with the kids

[James Barber]

Poor taste kibris.

[kibris]

whatever i cant be an MP man

[James Barber]

Pictures on Twitter show two fire engines and a number of firefighters and lots of hoses and connections to water fire hydrants plus several police cars. hopefully only loss of property involved and no one harmed.

[Baroness Millhaven]

Hope the Cherry Tree hasn't been torched. That would be tragic after such a successful refurb.

[JohnL]

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/east-dulwich-siege-area-in-lockdown-as-police-involved-in-standoff-after-disturbance-at-home-a3099836.html

"Siege !!" Hope everything Okay

Edit: Added quotes as I think the Evening Standard headline might be a bit sensational.

[Veronique75]

Cherry tree is fine... as far as I can see from Derwent grove

[Ben1968]

No buses were running either way at 9.30, trains OK though.

[ecolover]

No crashes, collisions or fires or anyone hurt thank goodness - a personal incident in a flat on this section of the road but with a chance of a possible ramificatiosn to the immediate area, hence the cordoning off, so I am told. All happeneing outside our shop. Eek!

[slarti b]

Ahhh... that explains why 185 and 176 were going along East Dulwich Grove this morning. Guessing they were diverting up Denmark Hill then down Sunray Avenue and Red Post Hill.

[Nanny159]

http://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/east-dulwich-in-lockdown-due-to-ongoing-police-incident/

[ecolover]

It is all starting to clear now, no one hurt and all is well with the world again, well this tiny part of it at least.

[DuncanW]

As long as the Cherry Tree is open for a pre-match pint and burger!!

[Bic Basher]

Are the buses going back along Grove Vale?

[EmileP]

A man was found unresponsive so not so sure on the 'no one hurt' line.

Hopefully all will end well.

[Otto]

The roads are open and running normally now..

[Hare]

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/east-dulwich-siege-area-in-lockdown-as-police-involved-in-standoff-after-disturbance-at-home-a3099836.html

[Grok]

OTT response by the police as usual. Billy Big Potato cops unnecessarily closing the road and disrupting hundreds of people to show how big their spuds are. Ridiculous. Oh, and before all the bleeding hearts, and others complain about my opinion, talk to the staff in the Cherry Tree that saw it all and concur it was well OTT!

[danielson00]

In the same spot there is currently an ambulance attending to an injured cyclist. Poor soul. Not a great spot today.

[Andrew1011]

I wondered what that was as I passed just now.

[civilservant]

our bus stopped for a while to allow the ambulance to attend the incident - from what i could see, it involved a pedestrian.

it didn't seem right to hang around - i do hope he's ok.

[KalamityKel]

Grok Wrote:

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> OTT response by the police as usual. Billy Big

> Potato cops unnecessarily closing the road and

> disrupting hundreds of people to show how big

> their spuds are. Ridiculous. Oh, and before all

> the bleeding hearts, and others complain about my

> opinion, talk to the staff in the Cherry Tree that

> saw it all and concur it was well OTT!

In reference to the nosey by standers - Blimey... worse than curtain twitching eh?!

You may think it a little over kill and certainly the reporting is highly amusing, apparently the police numbers ranged from 15-20 up to 30-40 according to "eye witnesses"...

The usual damned if ya do damned if ya don't situation surely!

[Lynne]

It was ludicrously over done. I thought it must be a major incident. We pay the police wages, and they keep on how little money they have. O'm not surprised if they need every policeman in SE London to deal with one incident