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Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer has attended a police station after being involved in a traffic collision in which an injured cyclist was taken to hospital.
Metropolitan Police officers are now investigating the collision, which occurred in Kentish Town, north London, on Sunday afternoon.
Sir keir He was reportedly driving a pickup truck when he collided with a bicyclist outside a pub, The Sun reported.
IT developer Nicolas Janes told the newspaper: “I was walking and there was an explosion. A loud explosion.
“I didn’t witness it directly, but I could hear the impact.”
Sir Keir, a MP for Holborn and St Pancras in north London, is said to have exchanged details with the other person involved in the collision and remained at the scene until an ambulance arrived.
He reported the incident to a police station later that day.
“Keir was involved in a minor traffic accident on Sunday,” said a spokesman for the Labor leader.
“He spoke to an officer from the British Transport Police who attended the scene and exchanged details with the officer and the other individual involved.
“Keir remained at the scene until the ambulance arrived. Later that afternoon, he reported the incident to a police station in accordance with the law.
“Since the incident, Keir has also been in contact with the other person involved.”
The Metropolitan Police said the driver of the car in the incident was not arrested.
“Police were alerted by the London Ambulance Service around 12:20 on Sunday 25 October of a report of a traffic collision between a cyclist and a car on Grafton Road, NW5,” the force said in a statement.
“The driver of the car stopped at the scene and exchanged details with the cyclist, but left before the officers arrived.
“The cyclist received a minor injury to his arm and the London Ambulance Service took him to hospital as a precaution.
“Later, the officers tried to contact the driver of the car and left a message advising him to report the matter to the police.
“The driver of the car subsequently went to a North London police station. He was not arrested or interviewed under warning.
“Officers from the Highway and Transportation Police Command are ongoing an investigation into the collision.”
A spokeswoman for the London Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 12:08 pm to report a traffic collision involving a car and a bicyclist on Grafton Road, NW5.
“We sent an ambulance team to the scene. One person was treated at the scene and taken to a hospital.”
