What's happened in Peckham this morning?

[hoipolloi]

Tried to get bus down Rye Lane and was turfed off early, whole of the Lane closed to traffic. Anyone know what has happened?

[Ondine]

I was further down Rye Lane and there was a TfL staff member advising people of alternative routes. He said a bus had knocked down a pedestrian and the road was cleared to allow air ambulance to land.

[PeckhamRose]

Very sad to read this, does anyone have any more news about it?

[intexasatthe moment]

Golly not another pedestrian knocked down by a bus -

there was one near Peckham bus garage a couple of Mondays ago,

one in Albany Rd where the bus mounted the pavement about a month ago

Poor people - drivers and injured people.

I suppose there's no increase ,just that news spreads so fast these days.

[Ann]

You're right, one of my colleagues was on the bus in the incident at Peckham Garage. An elderly gentleman was knocked down; she exchanged numbers with the (very shocked) female driver of the bus. Last I heard the guy was in King's in a serious condition. It does seem like a run of horrible accidents.

[SteveT]

The blockage on rye lane was probably caused by the tail back from road-works halfway along the road to camberwell, where half the road was blocked off and traffic lights installed.

[malcomio]

no as Ann said, the 343 hit someone. I was on the top deck so I didn't see anything, but the bus was halfway across into the other lane, and didn't move for a long time, so traffic was affected in both directions. I guess the driver has to leave the bus where it is until the police come to investigate