LIVE: Horses covered in blood rampage central London as four are taken to hospital

• London Ambulance Service said it received a report of someone being thrown from a horse on Buckingham Palace Road at 8.25am this morning.
• Minutes later the Metropolitan Police said it was aware a number of horses are loose in central London and that it was working with the Army to locate the animals.
• Five Household Cavalry horses, including one soaked with blood, bolted during their morning exercise with military riders thrown off before galloping on a six-mile rampage through the capital.
• Stunned commuters told how a soldier was left screaming in pain as horses smashed into oncoming traffic including a parked Mercedes van parked outside the Clermont Hotel.
• At 10.30am, Scotland Yard said all horses had been accounted for and the Army later confirmed the animals had returned to camp.
• London Ambulance Service confirmed four people have been taken to hospital.

Londoners have told how frenzied members of the public were moving out of the path of loose horses as they rampaged through the capital.

Speaking to various media outlets, stunned onlookers described the scenes as “total mayhem” as five horses threw off their riders and bolted during a military exercise near Horse Guards Parade this morning.

• Megan Morra told the BBC she was walking to work when she spotted a white-coloured horse covered in blood.

I was a bit distressed to be honest, looking at the poor horse. There was a lot of blood

• A tour bus company, who only gave his first name as Roland, told the Telegraph:

I saw horses come from the bus station in front of Victoria run around in a frenzy. People were running around to avoid them – it was total mayhem.

• And construction worker Bashir Aden told the newspaper:

I saw a soldier falling down into the street after the horse ran into a car. One of my colleagues called the police. The man hit the floor hard, he was screaming in pain.

You could see blood all over the parked car.

Let’s take a look at some of the most striking images captured earlier today as loose horses galloped for six miles in the capital.

Loud noises caused by builders moving concrete in Belgravia reportedly caused the horses to bolt and unseat their riders, the BBC reports.

No official explanation has been provided yet as to why the horses ran.

Both the soliders and the horses are now being assesed.

The London Ambulance Service has said it received three horse-related calls.

The first was at 8.25am about a person being thrown from a horse on Buckingham Palace Road, the Telegraph reports. The patient was taken to hospital.

Two minutes later medics were called to Belgrave Square and found two people injured by horses.

A further call was made at 8.35am at the junction of Chancery Lane and Fleet Street. They were also taken to hospital.

Earlier, one of the horses smashed into the front of one of London’s Big Bus Tours.

The company told the Telegraph: ‘We confirm that one of our stationary buses sustained damage this morning during an incident involving horses from the Household Cavalry. One of the horses ran into the front of our parked vehicle.

‘Fortunately, none of our team members were injured. Our primary concern lies with the welfare of the riders and animals involved in the incident.

‘We are currently coordinating closely with Emergency Services to assist in any way possible. At this stage, we have no further comments to provide.’

Four people have been taken to hospital after they were hurt when military horses bolted through central London, London Ambulance Service said.

Speaking to BBC Radio London earlier, Sean – a black cab driver in Blackfriars – said: ‘It sounded like a car crash, one was possibly injured,’ he said. ‘Maybe that is why there are only two being seen.

‘I pulled out of Buckingham Palace Road, there one of the riders was on the road on his back being tended to.

‘There was a Mercedes Vito parked outside the Grosvenor Hotel with its side smashed in and covered in blood.

‘All the windows were smashed so I am guessing the white horse has hit that running into it.’

A tarapaulin tent has been erected while ambulance workers attend to an injured servicemen on the streets.

The owner of the Mercedes which was smashed into by the horses who escaped their owners has shared his story.

He said he was waiting to pick up a client when he heard a loud ‘smash’ from the horses.

An Army Spokesperson has told the Telegraph: ‘A number of military working horses became loose during routine exercise this morning. All of the horses have now been recovered and returned to camp.

‘A number of personnel and horses have been injured and are receiving the appropriate medical attention.’

A spokesperson for the London Ambulance Service said: ‘We were called at 8.25am today to reports of a person being thrown from a horse on Buckingham Palace Road, SW1W.

‘We sent resources to the scene including ambulance crews, a paramedic in a fast response car, and an incident response officer.

‘Our first paramedic was on the scene in five minutes. The incident is still ongoing and we are working with our emergency services partners.’

Here is a look at the route the five different horses took through London.

The horses first bolted away while excercising at Whitehall before they were eventually caught at Limehouse.

These images below show the moment members of the public come together to help calm down the shaken horses.

People in work attire can be seen holding the reins of the horse, whose legs can be seen covered in blood.

Commuters have said that a soldier was left ‘screaming in pain’ after he was thrown from his horse when it struck a car by the Clermont Hotel on Buckingham Palace Road.

Bashir Aden, 48, a construction worker, told The Telegraph: ‘I saw a soldier falling down into the street after the horse ran into a car. One of my colleagues called the police.

‘The man hit the floor hard, he was screaming in pain. You could see blood all over the parked car.’

Here is a look at the damage which was caused to a London bus after the horses ran through the streets of London.

One of the animals can also be seen running into a black cab.

A silver Mercedes-Benz people carrier was also hit by another horse, with damage to its side and two rear windows broken.

One of the horses could be seen soaked in blood galloping through the streets of London in terrifying scenes on Wednesday morning.

The horses were spooked during their daily morning exercise on Horse Guards Parade, in Whitehall, at around 8.40am.

One of the horses has also seemingly ran into a double-decker bus, smashing its windscreen, while another reportedly crashed into a black cab.

Welcome to MailOnline’s live blog where we are covering the breaking news story that five Household Cavalry horses have run loose in central London after throwing their military riders off during an excercice.

At least one soldier was injured after the spooked horses smashed into cars outside the Clermont Hotel on Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria.

Follow along to keep up with all the latest information.