Prince Harry was caught up in a dramatic high-speed crash yesterday when one of his police outriders smashed head-on into a taxi as the royal's motorcade headed to an official engagement.
DailyMail reports that according to a cyclist, who wishes to remain anonymous, he had seen Prince Harry's convoy of two blacked-out Range Rovers and four motorbike outriders pass him at 'incredibly high speed'.
He said:
'I decided to speed up to see if I could catch up with them. I really wanted to know who it was. I didn't see the actual crash but came across it just seconds after it had happened. There was debris everywhere, steam coming out of the car bonnet. It was carnage.'
CCTV footage obtained exclusively by the Mail showed the minicab driving down a side street, stopping at the junction and then pulling right across the main road – straight into the path of the police motorbike, which was on the wrong side of the road. Pictures taken in the aftermath of the accident in central London show the police motorbike embedded in the white Toyota Prius, as the driver lies slumped in his seat surrounded by deployed airbags.
The fourth in line to the throne had looked on in shock as his bodyguards treated both the unconscious driver – who had to be cut free from the wreckage by firemen – and the police rider, catapulted 30ft down the road.
The prince's Range Rover was taking him to an Invictus Games event in north London when the accident occurred. The rider from the Special Escort Group was discharged from hospital, while the driver was said to be in a 'stable' condition.
