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Oxford Street was shut today after three people were injured in a crash when a car collided with a night bus before ploughing into a shop.
The busy shopping street has been taped off between Wardour Street and Great Portland Street since just before 5am following the collision.
Police confirmed the car involved in the crash was driven off after allegedly failing to stop for officers in a marked car.
The car collided with a N55 route bus at the junction with Wells Street.
Oxford Street was reopened just after noon.
Two men who were in the car have been taken to a central London hospital, one with non-life threatening injuries while the condition of the other man remains unknown.
A Met Police spokesman said: "Shortly before the collision, the car was seen at the location by officers in a marked police car.
"The car did not stop and made off and a short time later, it was involved in the collision."
A female passenger on the bus was also taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Another man who was in the car at the time of the collision was uninjured.
All three men who were in the car are currently under arrest.
The Met Police spokesman added that the car was not being pursued at the time.
Oxford Street was shut today after three people were injured in a crash when a car collided with a night bus before ploughing into a shop.
The busy shopping street has been taped off between Wardour Street and Great Portland Street since just before 5am following the collision.
Police confirmed the car involved in the crash was driven off after allegedly failing to stop for officers in a marked car.
The car collided with a N55 route bus at the junction with Wells Street.
Oxford Street was reopened just after noon.
Two men who were in the car have been taken to a central London hospital, one with non-life threatening injuries while the condition of the other man remains unknown.
A Met Police spokesman said: "Shortly before the collision, the car was seen at the location by officers in a marked police car.
"The car did not stop and made off and a short time later, it was involved in the collision."
A female passenger on the bus was also taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Another man who was in the car at the time of the collision was uninjured.
All three men who were in the car are currently under arrest.
The Met Police spokesman added that the car was not being pursued at the time.
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