Horror in Hackney: ‘Elderly driver loses control’ and crashes through bus stop hitting pedestrians before slamming into tree – leaving four people fighting for life
- They were treated at a roadside in the Stamford Hill area before being taken to hospital in serious condition
- MailOnline understands the driver, believed to be a man in his 70s, was also taken to hospital by Hatzola
- Witnesses say he lost control of his Toyota and spun around on the pavement, slamming through a bus shelter
- Scotland Yard is not treating it as a terrorist attack and have made no arrests, but investigations are ongoing.
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Four pedestrians have been rushed to a major trauma centre after being hit by a car that mounted the pavement in East London this morning.
They were all treated at a roadside in the Stamford Hill area of Hackney before being taken to hospital in serious condition.
MailOnline understands the driver, believed to be a man in his 70s, was also taken to hospital by a Hatzola volunteer ambulance crew.
Witnesses say he lost control of his Toyota and spun around on the pavement, slamming through a bus shelter before crashing into a tree outside a green grocers.
Scotland Yard is not treating it as a terrorist attack 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
Witnesses say he lost control of his Toyota and spun around on the pavement, slamming through a bus shelter before crashing into a tree outside a green grocers
Shards of glass are scattered around the bus shelter and one of the panels has been ripped off.
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
At around 9.40am at least a dozen emergency service vehicles were scrambled to the scene.
Paramedics were treating people along a stretch of busy pavement where a silver Toyota had 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 damaged bus shelter.
Shards of glass are scattered around the shelter and one of the panels has been ripped off.
Witnesses described their horror at seeing bodies scattered on the pavement following the collisions.
Rob Quansah, owner of Foxy Auto Parts nearby, told MailOnline: ‘When I looked out of the window, there were people lying on the floor. I was shocked.
‘For that time of the morning, you don’t expect to see it. It was harrowing to see people on the floor at that time.’
He added: ‘I’ve been here for 25 years and this is the worst accident I’ve seen in my time. You just don’t expect to see these things outside your workplace.’
London Ambulance dispatched six crews, including hazardous area response teams, while police and fire vehicles were also present.
Drivers are being urged to avoid the area between Cazenove Road and Clapton Common.
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