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Mother and son Cecilia Lusevic, 56, and Mateo Bilis-Lusevic, 12, said they heard a loud bang when the police boat crashed into Westminster Bridge and then watched as the officers were rescued from the Thames.<\/p>\n
The visitors from Chile were on a river tour boat on the north side of the central London bridge when they saw the incident. They were evacuated from their vessel shortly after.<\/p>\n
Mateo said: “Two boats were riding extremely fast through the water.<\/p>\n
“Suddenly, I heard a boom. I was looking towards the boat, and I heard a boom.<\/p>\n
“Then three people went flying into the water and one of the people was really hurt.”<\/p>\n
He said the officers were in the water for about 10 minutes and a life ring was thrown for one of them.<\/p>\n
A black rigid inflatable boat arrived to help them out of the water \u2013 the same boat that witnesses said they saw paramedics treating the casualties aboard.<\/p>\n
Mateo said emergency services then also arrived.<\/p>\n
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