A man was injured in a road traffic collision involving a police car driving through traffic.
The pedestrian was struck outside a small shopping centre at the junction of Camberwell New Road and Denmark Hill, south London, just before 11.45am this morning.
A police spokeswoman said the car was not responding to an emergency call and did not have sirens on.
She said: "We were called at 11.42am this morning to reports of a man in collision with a vehicle on the A215 at Denmark Hill. The road was closed southbound.
"The man's injuries are not life-threatening. He was by the London Ambulance Service to a south London Hospital.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">A215 Denmark Hill S/B / Camberwell Green - road remains closed, after earlier road traffic collision. Q's on all approaches. Expect delays.— TfL Traffic News (@TfLTrafficNews) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/TfLTrafficNews/status/520544523429371904" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-164576-https://twitter.com/TfLTrafficNews/status/520544523429371904" data-vars-event-id="c23">October 10, 2014</a>
"The vehicle involved was an MPS Safer Neighbourhoods vehicle. It was not responding to an emergency call."
Twitter user and trainee journalist Kate Lendd wrote: “Looks like a police car has knocked someone down at Camberwell Green/Denmark Hill Second incident within a minute’s walk this week."
Camberwell New Road is currently blocked and buses are on diversion causing severe traffic in the area.
