Parliament car crash: Man arrested, pedestrians injured in 'terrorist incident,' police say

LONDON — London police say investigators are treating a Tuesday morning crash outside the Houses of Parliament as a “terrorist incident.”

Here are the latest updates:

Update 5:46 a.m. EDT Aug. 14: A man in his late 20s has been arrested "on suspicion of terrorist offenses" in connection with the crash that left "a number of people" injured, London police said in a news release. The injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

The man, who was driving a silver Ford Fiesta, struck cyclists and pedestrians before hitting security barriers in the area, police said.

The car was not carrying any passengers, police said.

"At this stage, we are treating this as a terrorist incident and the Met's Counter Terrorism Command is now leading the investigation," the news release said.

Authorities are requesting anyone with photos, videos or information about the incident to contact police.

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Original report: London's Counter-Terrorism Command is leading the probe into a Tuesday morning crash outside the U.K. Houses of Parliament, The Associated Press is reporting.

Police said a man driving a car slammed into security barriers in the area about 7:37 a.m., hurting pedestrians. None of the injured "are in life-threatening condition," the AP reported. Police arrested the man.

Metropolitan police tweeted that authorities are "keeping an open mind" about the investigation.

In March 2017, four people were killed in a terror attack in the same area, the AP reported.

– The Associated Press contributed to this report.