Car ploughs into five pedestrians in Hackney street then crashed into tree – with four people rushed to major trauma centre
- They were all first treated at the roadside in the Stamford Hill area of Hackney
- Four were taken to a major trauma centre, one was taken by Hatzola ambulance
- Scotland Yard are not treating it as a terrorist attack at this stage
Five people have been rushed to hospital after a car mounted the pavement and ploughed into pedestrians in East London this morning.
They were all first treated at the roadside in the Stamford Hill area of Hackney before four were taken to a major trauma centre.
The fifth was also taken to hospital by a Hatzola volunteer ambulance crew.
At least a dozen emergency service vehicles were scrambled to the scene at around 9.37am following reports of a Toyota colliding with pedestrians.
Scotland Yard are not treating it as a terrorist attack at this stage and have made no arrests, but investigations are ongoing.
Five people have been rushed to hospital after a car (Toyota pictured crashed into tree) mounted the pavement and ploughed into pedestrians in East London this morning
They were all first treated at the roadside in the Stamford Hill area of Hackney before four were taken to a major trauma centre
Around 20 years down the the street more paramedics were pictured positioned next to a bus shelter that appears to have been damaged
Paramedics were seen treating people along a stretch of busy pavement where a silver Toyota has crashed into a tree.
The front of the car has been crumpled, the windscreen is smashed and the airbags have inflated.
Emergency service crews wearing high-vis jackets were seen gathering around a nearby fruit and veg store treating a victim.
Around 20 yards down the the street more paramedics were pictured positioned next to a bus shelter that appears to have been damaged.
Shards of glass are scattered around the shelter and one of the panels has been ripped off.
London Ambulance dispatched six crews, including the air ambulance service by car, while police and fire vehicles were also present.
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: ‘A car is reported to have mounted the pavement and struck a number of pedestrians.
‘We await an update on any injuries. At this early stage, this incident is not being treated as terror-related.’
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: ‘We were called at 9.37am today (11 December) to reports of a road traffic collision involving a car and pedestrians on Stamford Hill, N16.
‘We sent a number of resources to the scene, including six ambulance crews, an incident response officer, a medic in a car, a team leader and our hazardous area response teams. We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance by car.
‘Five adults were treated at the scene. We took four to a major trauma centre. and one was taken to hospital by an Hatzola ambulance crew.’
London Ambulance dispatched six crews, including the air ambulance service by car, while police and fire vehicles were also present
A police officer enforces a cordon on the road in Hackney