On 3 March 1943 a crowd of people were entering what was to become Bethnal Green station, which was being used at the time as an air-raid shelter. Main article: Bethnal Green tube station § Wartime disaster The roadway collapsed into the subways and station concourse, killing 56 people. On 11 January 1941 during World War II the Central line ticket hall of Bank station suffered a direct hit from a German bomb. The station and the tracks between Clapham South and Tooting Bec (then called Trinity Road, Tooting Bec) were closed until January 1941. The water mains and sewage pipes were broken, causing flooding and the loss of 68 lives - 64 shelterers and 4 railway staff. On 14 October 1940, during World War II, a bomb fell in the road above Balham station, with the blast penetrating into the tunnel 9 metres below. On the night of 13 October 1940 a German bomb fell at Bounds Green station killing 16 people. On 17 May, two District line trains collided near the station, killing 6.On 10 March, two Northern line trains collided between Waterloo and the station, with 12 passengers suffering minor injuries.The accidents on separate lines were caused by wrong-side failures of the signals due to signal linesmen's wiring errors. Two accidents occurred near Charing Cross (now Embankment) in 1938. Were you at the scene? Did you see what happened? Please get in touch at: the latest updates on this developing story follow our live blog below.Main articles: Charing Cross (Northern line) tube crash and Charing Cross (District line) tube crash
"There are road closures in place while officers deal. "At this early stage there appears to have been a collision between two cyclists before the man was taken ill. He was taken to hospital where he died a short while later. "A man in his mid-40s was at the location suffering a medical emergency. He was rushed to hospital but died a short while later.Ī spokesperson for the Met Police said: "Officers were called by London Ambulance Service at 08:22hrs on Wednesday, 6 October to Balham High Road at the Junction with Bedford Hill, SW12. They closed the road and a cordon remains in place near to the Tube station, after finding the cyclist, a man in his 40s, suffering a 'medical emergency'. Police rushed to the scene on Balham High Road at around 8.22am this morning (Wednesday, October 6), at the junction with Bedford Hill. A cyclist has died following a crash with another cyclist on a busy South London road.
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