‘Uber driver’ is released after museum crash

A MAN said to be an Uber minicab driver who crashed into ten pedestrians has been released by police after the case was downgraded from a suspected terror attack to alleged dangerous driving.

The crash on Saturday afternoon in London’s museum district created panic as armed police raced to the scene.

Three women passengers in the man’s Toyota Prius told witnesses he was an Uber driver. The case could cause fresh embarrassment for the firm, which is being stripped of the right to operate in London over inadequate checks on drivers.

But questions were also being asked last night about the confusing street design of the accident scene, with no kerb separating the pavement from the road, pedestrians and drivers forced to share the same potentially slippery surface, and no white street markings.

Kensington and Chelsea Council introduced the scheme in Exhibition road, west London, six years ago near the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Traffic experts said the shared space would ‘encourage motorists to drive more slowly and cautiously, with greater consideration for pedestrians’.

Yesterday police said: ‘A 47-year-old man arrested following a collision in South Kensington on Saturday has been released under investigation. The majority of those injured have now been discharged.’

Uber did not comment last night.