Three people have been hurt after a police car collided with another vehicle outside Lewisham University hospital.
The patients were taken to the hospital with neck and chest injuries shortly after the crash at 11.15am this morning.
The police car was not in pursuit of a vehicle at the time of the collision, Scotland Yard said.
Pictures from the scene showed emergency crews working close to a mangled vehicle.
Witnesses described how they saw fire crews cutting open a car to free an injured passenger.
Lewisham University Hospital crash
A spokesman for the London Fire Brigade (LFB) confirmed one woman was cut free from a car and taken to hospital.
Local councillor Duwayne Brooks, a friend of the late Stephen Lawrence, posted a picture of the scene on Twitter with the caption: "Major accident outside Lewisham hospital. Avoid Lewisham High Street."
A spokesman for the London Ambulance Service (LAS) said they sent two ambulance crews and a single responder in a car to the scene.
Police are directing southbound traffic around the crash on Lewisham High Street, Transport for London (TfL) said.
