At least one person has died and several others - including a nine-year-old child - are injured following a .

The bus and a car collided on Whitmore Road in Harrow, northwest at around 10.20pm on Monday. It has now been confirmed one person has died, though it is unclear in which vehicle they were travelling or if they were waiting at the bus stop by which the shunt happened.

A nine-year-old child is among four other people rushed to hospital with serious injuries. It again has not been confirmed if they were passengers on the bus, the car, waiting at the bus stop or a combination of these.

A major incident investigation has been launched by the collision investigation unit. London Ambulance Service also attended the crash, which happened on a road just off the A312 which connects Harrow with Northolt, an area a short distance south.

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No arrests have been made at the time, though the bus driver - a woman who was uninjured - has been questioned as part of the investigation, according to news agency UKNIP.

Road closures and diversions were in effect in the area as investigators attempted to piece together the events leading up to the crash. Authorities are reviewing CCTV footage and are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the incident or captured any footage to come forward with information.

The A312 has been reopened - both towards Harrow and towards Northolt - but the probe continues. Whitmore Road, which runs west from the A312 towards The Ridgeway and West Harrow - has also reopened. The has contacted Transport for London for comment.

The tragedy comes after in last week. The Mercedes-Benz van collided with a Metrolink tram which was travelling through the city centre. Pictures show the tram stalled on the street and hundreds of metres of trams crowded on the streets of Manchester. While it remained on the track, the vehicle's front bumper fell off following the crash. Additional pictures show the vehicle was travelling from Victoria to Manchester Airport.

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