Lamborghini crash wrecks Battersea bus stop

A woman needed hospital treatment after a Lamborghini smashed into a bus stop in Battersea, south London, in the early hours of the morning.

The London Ambulance Service said it was called to reports of a road traffic crash in Lombard Road just before 02:00 GMT.

It said it sent an ambulance crew and treated a woman at the scene before taking her to hospital.

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27 October 2025

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