{"id":439812,"date":"2026-02-22T15:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/439812\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:35:10","slug":"the-broadway-wimbledon-police-incident-photos-from-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/439812\/","title":{"rendered":"The Broadway, Wimbledon police incident &#8211; photos from scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The closure stretches between Gladstone Road and Stanley Road, with a detour currently in operation for motorists and bus routes 57, 93, 131 and 213.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Police car blocking the road (Image: Matt Kane)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  According to AA Maps, the incident was first reported at around 3am today (February 22).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Row of shops and bars near to the incident (Image: Matt Kane)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Photos from the scene show a police car blocking the road while officers remain on site managing the situation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Officers at the scene (Image: Matt Kane)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Police tape has been used to cordon off parts of the street, and the normally busy row of shops and bars along The Broadway appears deserted.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Police tape cornering off area (Image: Matt Kane)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  From the vantage point of Sainsbury\u2019s, there are no cars in sight, highlighting the extent of the closure.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Police tape cordons off part of The Broadway, as seen from Sainsbury\u2019s. (Image: Alex Girvan)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  At present, there is no official word on the cause of the incident or when the road is expected to reopen.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  We will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The closure stretches between Gladstone Road and Stanley Road, with a detour currently in operation for motorists and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-439812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}