Horror in Hackney: Moment 'elderly driver loses control' and veers onto pavement before crashing into bus stop and sending pedestrians 'flying' - as one person fights for life after five are taken to hospital

  • 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 
  • One person is in life-threatening condition, two have life-changing injuries and two have non-serious injuries 
  • Scotland Yard is not treating it as a terrorist attack and have made no arrests, but investigations are ongoing.
  • Horrifying footage shows the moment an elderly driver mounted the pavement and sent pedestrians flying through the air after 'losing control' at the wheel in East London this morning.

    Four pedestrians were treated at the roadside in Stamford Hill, Hackney, at around 9.40am before being rushed to a major trauma centre.    

    The driver, believed to be a man in his 70s who friends said was on furlough from a local Kosher green grocers, was also taken to hospital by a Hatzola volunteer ambulance crew.    One person is in a life-threatening condition, two have life-changing injuries and two have non-serious injuries, which is understood to include the driver. 

    Graphic CCTV seen by MailOnline captured the silver Toyota veer up the kerb and crash through a bus shelter before striking several people and coming to a hard stop at the base of a tree.

    One witness overhead the driver telling police his brakes had failed. They added: 'I heard a bang, that was when the car hit the bus stop. The car was on the kerb and I saw two people flying in mid-air.

    'After that he hit a Mitsubishi parked over there and his car did a 90-degree rotation. Another guy on crutches got hit.

    'A few elderly Jewish gentlemen helped him out the car, people in the shop came out to help. I called police and they were here in two or three minutes. I saw five people getting treated including the driver. He was an older-looking man in shock.'  

    Scotland Yard is not treating it as a terrorist attack and have made no arrests, but investigations are ongoing.  Four pedestrians were treated at the roadside in Stamford Hill, Hackney, at around 9.40am before being rushed to a major trauma centre

    Four pedestrians were treated at the roadside in Stamford Hill, Hackney, at around 9.40am before being rushed to a major trauma centre 

    Graphic CCTV captured the silver Toyota veer up the kerb and crash through a bus shelter before striking several people and coming to a hard stop at the base of a tree

    Graphic CCTV captured the silver Toyota veer up the kerb and crash through a bus shelter before striking several people and coming to a hard stop at the base of a tree 

    Shards of glass are scattered around the bus shelter and one of the panels has been ripped off after the car crashed through it

    Shards of glass are scattered around the bus shelter and one of the panels has been ripped off after the car crashed through itDramatic pictures show the bonnet of the car completely crumpled where it rammed into the tree trunk. The windscreen has been smashed and the airbags are inflated.  

    Around 20 yards down the street more paramedics were pictured next to a damaged bus shelter. Shards of glass lay scattered around the shelter and one of the panels has been ripped off.   

    A witness, who gave her name as Sarah, said: 'It was a total accident, the car lost control, it just went through the bus stop and into the tree. It was spinning round and round.' 

    Sarah added: 'I saw the guy sitting on the chair. He was dazed but he was the best of the lot. He was the least injured out of all of them. I don't know how he survived that.

    'He's an elderly person. He's Jewish. I know him from the community but I don't know his name. He was really shocked. I think he's in his late 70s.

    'I've seen him around, he's a very responsible man - he's always got his mask on - he's always very sensible. 

    'I know the police said it wasn't a terrorist attack. It was a terrible accident. My prayers are for everyone. The guy at the bus stop was very badly injured. It's awful.

    One resident said it 'could have been so much worse' because the road had been full of children walking to school in the previous half hour. 

    At around 9.40am at least a dozen emergency service vehicles were scrambled to the scene where the Toyota had come to a stop at the base of the trunk. The front of the car had been crumpled, the windscreen smashed and the airbags inflated

    At around 9.40am at least a dozen emergency service vehicles were scrambled to the scene where the Toyota had come to a stop at the base of the trunk. The front of the car had been crumpled, the windscreen smashed and the airbags inflated

    Around 20 yards down the the street more paramedics were pictured next to a damaged bus shelter. Shards of glass are scattered around the shelter and one of the panels has been ripped off

    Around 20 yards down the the street more paramedics were pictured next to a damaged bus shelter. Shards of glass are scattered around the 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

    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

    Around 20 years down the the street more paramedics were pictured positioned next to a bus shelter that appears to have been damaged 

    Nicola, 27, from Hackney, said: 'I saw him being treated by medics on a chair. He was an older man, around 70ish.

    'He looked completely dazed, and shocked. I don't know if he spoke very good English because there was someone translating for him. It looked like an awful tragic accident to me.'

    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. 

    London Ambulance dispatched six crews, including the air ambulance service by car, while police and fire vehicles were also present

    London Ambulance dispatched six crews, including the air ambulance service by car, 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.' 

    A police officer enforces a cordon on the road in Hackney

    A police officer enforces a cordon on the road in Hackney

    Hackney horror collision aftermath as car ploughs into five people
    Loaded: 0%
    Progress: 0%
    0:00
    Previous
    Play
    Skip
    Mute
    Current Time0:00
    /
    Duration Time2:36
    Fullscreen
    Need Text

No comments:

Powered by Blogger.