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Five people injured after car hits pedestrians in south London Three people in critical condition after car hits pedestrians in London
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Five people are being treated in hospital after a car hit a group of pedestrians in south London on Sunday. Two men and a woman are in a critical condition after five people were struck by a car in south-east London.
The vehicle reportedly mounted the pavement and collided with several people before crashing into a wall. Police, paramedics and an air ambulance were called to Bromley Road in Bellingham at 8.20am on Sunday after a Mercedes hit a wall and collided with a group of pedestrians.
Paramedics from the air ambulance attended the scene and those hurt were taken to hospitals in south and east London. The severity of their injuries was unknown. Four men and a woman, aged between 25 and 46, were treated at the scene before being taken to hospital, police said.
The driver of the car was detained at the scene by an off-duty police officer before being arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. A woman, aged 35, and two 25-year-old men are in a critical condition, while two men aged 36 and 46 are in a stable condition, their injuries not thought to be life-threatening.
A Met police spokesman said: “Police were called at approximately 8.20am on Sunday, 26 February, to reports of a car in collision with a wall and a number of pedestrians on Bromley Road in Bellingham. London ambulance service said the group were treated for head, chest and leg injuries.
“Five people were treated at the scene. They have all been taken to south and east London hospitals. Police said the incident was not terror-related.
“We await an update on their condition.” A Met spokesman said: “The driver of the car was detained at the scene by an off-duty police officer before being arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
“He was also arrested on suspicion of drink-driving before being taken to a south London hospital with a head injury.”
The crash happened opposite a car wash, outside Catford bus garage.
Photos posted online show a Mercedes sedan that appears to have come off the road and ploughed into the end of a hedge, its bonnet and boot popped open by the impact.
Debris, including a bollard, was strewn across the pavement.
Police are appealing for witnesses and anyone who saw the incident is asked to call officers on 101 or 0208 285 1574.