Car smashes into walls of Windsor Castle in three-vehicle crash – three days after another driver ploughed into Buckingham Palace gates

A car crashed into the walls of Windsor Castle today as emergency services arrived on the scene and provided treatment to a person on the ground.

The front of a Volvo crumpled into the outside of the royal residence in the rain on Thames Street after colliding head-on near the junction with River Street.

The vehicle’s airbags deployed during the incident, which happened just before 8am this morning during rush hour and also involved two other cars.

Thames Valley Police officers closed the road in the center of the Berkshire town, while paramedics also attended and two local buses were forced to move.

It comes after a man was arrested by armed officers after crashing his vehicle into the gates of Buckingham Palace early on Saturday morning.

In Windsor this morning, a passerby said: ‘People there were already saying someone had driven off and driven straight into the wall of Windsor Castle.

Firefighters, paramedics and police on Thames Street in Windsor after the accident

‘There was at least one person in the car and I couldn’t tell if anyone else was there – suddenly there were people around (the vehicle) very quickly.

‘There was someone on the floor being treated, but there was a very calm atmosphere. People didn’t really know what was going on and some were worried it was something serious.”

A spokesperson for Thames Valley Police told MailOnline: ‘Thames Valley Police received a report of a road traffic collision in Thames Street, Windsor at 7.50am this morning.

“The road is expected to be closed for some time.

‘Anyone with information is asked to contact police by calling 101 or reporting it online quoting reference number 43240115038.’

And a spokesperson for Thames Valley Buses said: ‘Due to the closure of Thames Street, services 2 and 703 are unable to serve Windsor Parish Church towards Bracknell/Dedworth.

‘Please use Charles Street for the 2 service and York House for the 703. We apologize for any disruption.’

The crash comes three days after a motorist was arrested after crashing into the gates of Buckingham Palace.

Emergency services are treating a person on the ground in Windsor this morning

In the accident on Thames Street, the car collided head-on near the intersection with River Street

Armed police intervened when the unnamed man in his 20s drove through the wrought iron gates at 2.35am on Saturday.

Witnesses reported hearing a loud bang as the vehicle hit the gate before the driver was surrounded by officers who ordered him to kneel with his hands behind his head.

He was quickly arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.

Photos taken in the aftermath showed investigators analyzing the damaged blue hatchback with the hood crumpled, the trunk thrown open and the rear license plate hanging.

People walk past the boarded up gates outside Buckingham Palace in London on Sunday

The car that crashed into the gates of Buckingham Palace can be seen after the impact on Saturday

Buckingham Palace said no member of the royal family was living there at the time.

The gates, which date from 1911, were secured with scaffolding and a wooden fence was installed.

The motive for the incident has not been made clear, but police confirmed it was not being treated as terror-related.

The man was later sectioned under the Mental Health Act and taken to hospital. He has since been released on bail.