A STUDENT from Lancashire was amongst those injured in today's terrorist attack in London, which left around a dozen people killed or hurt.

Former Darwen Aldridge Academy head boy Travis Frain, is understood to have suffered a cracked rib and some hand and arm injuries, after being hit by a Hyundai ix40 on Westminster Bridge.

At least four people were reported to have died in the incident.

The driver of the car is said to have hit a number of people before crashing into railings and running through the gates of the Palace of Westminster where he stabbed a male police officer who in his 30s.

The police officer and the attacker later died.

Eyewitnesses said the attacker was shot several times by police as he approached a second officer clutching his knife, just yards away from the Houses of Parliament.

One pedestrian hit by the attacker's car before he reached Parliament was confirmed dead by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital. Others on the bridge suffered 'catastrophic injuries'.

London Ambulance Service said paramedics had treated at least 10 patients on Westminster Bridge.

Mr Frain, who is studying politics at Edge Hill University, was in London on an educational trip. The university confirmed all students and the lecturer who was accompanying them had been accounted for.

Mr Frain has also previously volunteered in Darwen and Rossendale MP Jake Berry's constituency office.

His family have been informed about the incident.

East Lancashire MPs spoke of their shock at the attack, which saw Parliament put into lockdown for several hours.

Mr Berry, who was stood next to the Prime Minister voting on the Pension Bill in the House of Commons when armed security staff burst in to take her to a secure location, said it was vital terrorists weren't allowed to succeed.

Mr Berry said: "What this attack shows is there are people who are determined to disrupt what we do here in Parliament but we can't be deterred by attacks like this.

"I will keep coming to Parliament to represent the interests of people in Darwen and Rossendale and Lancashire as a whole."

Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson said: "This is a dreadful incident and my thoughts and prayers are with those killed and the injured.

"I work closely with Tobias Ellwood the Foreign Office Minister who went to the aid of the stabbed police officer. His actions were heroic as were those of all the other police and security services who responded to this attack.

“The incident happened as MPs were heading to the Chamber to vote on the Pensions Bill.

“I heard what sounded like gunshots, but assumed it was something else so continued to the chamber to vote.

“Shortly after I got to the chamber the doors were locked as the building went into security lockdown.

“I along with about 400 other MP were locked in the Commons Chamber.”

Blackburn MP Kate Hollern said: "I'm just in total shock. My heart goes out to the families who have lost somebody.

"We can't let these people win. We can't let democracy come under threat from people like this."

Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans said: “My thoughts are with those who are injured and the security services dealing with the situation.”

Hyndburn MP Graham Jones said: “We are thinking of anyone that’s been caught up in it.”

The attack left a trail of destruction as paramedics tended to victims on the bridge and at the gate. London Ambulance Service, which also sent an air ambulance to the scene, declared a major incident at around 2.40pm.

Eyewitness Rick Longley described the attack.

He said: "We were just walking up to the station and there was a loud bang and a guy, someone, crashed a car and took some pedestrians out.

"They were just lying there and then the whole crowd just surged around the corner by the gates just opposite Big Ben.

"A guy came past my right shoulder with a big knife and just started plunging it into the policeman.

"I have never seen anything like that. I just can't believe what I just saw."