THE CAR THAT SHOOK THE COMMONS.—While the House of Commons was still sitting at 3 a.m. on August 1, a car plunged through the balustrade and fell 12 feet on to the Speaker’s Green, at the approach to Westminster Bridge. The two men in the car died. This spectacular crash was the finale to a 75 m.p.h. police chase which started at King’s Cross when a private car failed to stop when signalled by the police. The chase led through the City to the Thames, along the Embankment to Westminster, where the car swerved to avoid a tram, hit the stone balustrated at a speed estimated at 65 miles an hour. The vehicle tore down the wall for a distance of 20 yards before plunging a mangled wreck to the Green below. Picture shows: The wrecked car on the Speaker’s Green at the Houses of Parliament.

Wanganui Chronicle, 5 September 1946, Page 5

THE CAR THAT SHOOK THE COMMONS.—While the House of Commons was still sitting at 3 a.m. on August 1, a car plunged through the balustrade and fell 12 feet on to the Speaker’s Green, at the approach to Westminster Bridge. The two men in the car died. This spectacular crash was the finale to a 75 m.p.h. police chase which started at King’s Cross when a private car failed to stop when signalled by the police. The chase led through the City to the Thames, along the Embankment to Westminster, where the car swerved to avoid a tram, hit the stone balustrated at a speed estimated at 65 miles an hour. The vehicle tore down the wall for a distance of 20 yards before plunging a mangled wreck to the Green below. Picture shows: The wrecked car on the Speaker’s Green at the Houses of Parliament.