Met Police assistant commissioner Neil Basu is providing an update outside New Scotland Yard.
He says the suspect, who is yet to be formally identified, is “not currently cooperating” with officers.
He adds police cordons are “likely to be in place for some time” as the investigation continues.
Basu says there “wasn’t a police car in pursuit of the vehicle” prior to it crashing into a security barrier outside Parliament.
He adds: “I believe it was an ambulance on a completely unrelated call.”
Armed officers are currently dealing with an ongoing incident outside of Parliament.
A vehicle was involved in a collision and armed police quickly deployed to the scene.
The vehicle crashed into a crash barrier that is there to protect the Houses of Parliament.
Met Police have confirmed a number of people have been hurt and the male driver has been arrested
At 0737hrs today, a car was in collision with barriers outside the Houses of Parliament. The male driver of the car was detained by officers at the scene. A number of pedestrians have been injured. Officers remain at the scene. We will issue further info when we have it.
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) August 14, 2018
Armed police approached the vehicle after it crashed into barriers.
Police quickly cleared the area and put a cordon in place.
A car has crashed into security barriers outside of Parliament. Armed police responded to the scene and a huge cordon is in place, police told everyone to run pic.twitter.com/LaMoZr4Jm4
— Police Hour (@PoliceHour) August 14, 2018
The nature of the incident is not yet clear.
An eye witness has told Police Hour that he saw the vehicle driving at speed hit the crash barrier, police did not approach the vehicle until specialist officers arrived.
Specialist officers armed forced the door open and then forced everyone back.
The vehicle is in a security slip road entry point that would require a driver to leave their main route. It is very unusual for drivers to enter this part of Westminster pic.twitter.com/WYfolUMc1z
— Police Hour (@PoliceHour) August 14, 2018
Again almost half an hour after the incident police have further extended the cordon.
