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Incident in london. this is something that happened near the national museum. we understand that a number of people have, indeed, been injured. cnn senior law enforcement analyst tom fuentes joining us now, but these are some of the pictures we're getting in from the incident. we understand a vehicle drove into a crowd of pedestrians. >> there have been people that have been injured and the met police, according to a statement, says a man and then in parentheses say no further details, have been arrested at the scene. circumstances and motive under investigation. of course, this comes in the c...

>> okay. patrick greenfield, cnn intern, who is there at the scene. stay close for us. we'll likely come back to you before the hour is up. patrick, thank you so much, and we'll push forward on this breaking news of this incident, as it's described, by met police there near a museum in london. several pedestrians injured. a man, we're told, in custody. >> and we're going to get more information here, we'll be back with you in just a moment. do stay close. ♪ can i kick it? ♪ yes you can ♪ can i kick it? ♪ yes you can ♪ can i kick it? ♪ yes you can ♪ well i'm gone

Is to identify who this driver is. they have him in custody, so they should be able to gain that person's identity pretty quick, and then from there try to determine was this a deliberate act, an act of terrorism, mental illness, or some other effect like that, or was it an accident, was it a drunk driver. so there's any number of things, but the british typically are very close hold on this type of information until they are really certain and will put something out, but, of course, it's very suspicious. 2:00 in the afternoon in front of a crowded london museum on a saturday to have an incide...

Now, there are actually a number of foreign embassies, in fact, around this particular locale, as well, so there is by general standards a very high police presence, so i'm not entirely surprised to see such a quick response. >> and we know from our intern there, patrick greenfield, who we'll speak with in a moment, that the area is cordoned off and people, as you see from this video, being kept back at a considerable distance. will geddes thank you so much for being with us. we'll come back to you in a moment. i believe we have on the phone nic robertson. >> nic, can you tell us what you have...

There. how long, tom, do they usually keep a road like this blocked off? because some of the video that we're seeing, we don't -- we usually at least see part of the incident, and i don't see a whole lot of the incident here, which makes we wonder how many people we're talking about. >> right. well, first, christi, they are going to want to do -- if they think they have a crime scene here, as opposed to an accident, but either way they are going to do the same forensic investigation on the sidewalk and, of course, create and remove any injured parties, gather all the witnesses that they can fo...