10 injured at US airport as taxi hits crowd

TEN people were injured when a taxi hit a crowd of people at Boston’s Logan International Airport last night.

The incident sparked terror fears following the recent attacks using vehicles in London, Berlin and Nice, but police were quick to reassure the public that there was no evidence that the crash was intentional.

A police official, who did not want to be named, said the crash was believed to have been caused by “operator error” when the driver stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake.

A 56-year-old taxi driver was questioned by police at the scene, but no arrests had been made last night.

“At this preliminary point in the investigation, there is no information that suggests the crash was intentional. The driver is currently being interviewed,” a police spokesman said.

Pictures of the scene showed the white taxi cab, damaged at the front, having apparently hit a building near some picnic tables.

The car lost control and hit the crowd of people, who were mainly other taxi drivers waiting to pick up passengers from the airport.

“One of the cab drivers in the pool had jumped the curb and struck several other cab drivers who were sitting in a rest area, awaiting their next fares,” a Massachusetts state police spokesman said.

Ten people were hospitalised in the crash, with state police saying the injuries were of “varying severity”.