Man killed after speeding’ car crashes into mansion
Bear to the throne
HE doesn’t normally have a problem keeping his cool, but Prince William looked anything but yesterday in a bearskin hat.
Wills was taking the salute as Colonel of the Irish Guards at an event to rehearse for Trooping the Colour on the Queen’s official birthday next Saturday.
But it all got too much for one guardsman who succumbed to the 23C heat in London yesterday. A MAN has died after a car which failed to stop for police ploughed into the basement of a multi-million-pound mansion.
Our dramatic picture shows the front of the vehicle sticking above the ground in Kensington, central London.
Debris was littered across the street after the car smashed through railings at high speed before ramming into the building – which has a crack in the brickwork – and plunging into
David Furnish, 54, said it was a testing time for the family, who were “very frightened and very scared”.ed”.
Elton, 70, spent two days ys in intensive care after picking ng up a rare bacterial infectionon in South America. Andd David revealed their two children were crucial in keeping his spirits up.
He said: “We were all l very frightened and very y scared. The kids understood od daddy wasn’t well. They didn’t know the seriousness off it, obviously, but they came to visit him in hospital as that was an important part of keeping the patient’s spirits up. We didn’t give them the full lowdown because we didn’t want to overwhelm them.”
Elton fell ill in April as he flew back to the UK from Santiago in Chile. A statement by his team at the time said the “harmful and unusual bacterial infec- the basement. Officers are said to have seen it being driven at speed shortly before the crash and signalled for it to stop – but it “sped away out of sight”.
Two men freed themselves from the vehicle while two others were rescued by the fire service. All four, believed to be in their 20s, were taken to hospital, but one later died.
One of the men remains in a critical condition, while the other two have been arrested. tion” was “rare and potentially deadly”. He was forced to cancel gigs in the US and only returned to work this week. David said: “He had terrible abdominal pains, a fever, swelling, chills, his teeth were chattering, he was sweating. “It was like food poisoning but much more serious. He clearly needed to be admitted to hospital.” Speaking at the Lqd skincare launch for London Fashion Week Men’s, David added: “It“I was a very rare bacterial infect infection. He was very, very sick sick. But all is well that ends well.w He’s in a great place now.n He’s back to work and on full form.” Elton performed at Twickenham last week a and has further shows this w weekend. And now he is fit again the there is speculation that he could performperf at a tribute concert to his tragic friend George Michael, who died on Christmas Day last year. David said: “Obviously, George was one of his closest friends and someone he loved dearly. “If there was an appropriate way to celebrate George then I am sure Elton would want to be involved.” One witness tweeted: “Just witnessed the worst crash I’ve ever seen on Cromwell Road and Warwick Road.”
A local resident said she “heard a massive crash” at approximately 2am outside her flat.
Just a few hours later, there was another fatal collision in Central London. A man was killed and a second man is in a critical condition after their car crashed into a wall at the junction of Park Lane and Piccadilly.