Man arrested after ploughing car into pedestrians in West London
A man has been arrested after five pedestrians were injured when a vehicle ploughed into them on a busy road in West London.
A man has been arrested after five pedestrians were injured when a vehicle ploughed into them on a busy road in West London.
The Metropolitan Police issued a statement tonight, confirming that he had been detained on suspicion of dangerous driving and attempted murder.
It’s said the car involved did not wait at the scene in Ealing but was stopped in nearby Grange Park ‘a short time later’, and the driver, a 34-year-old Somalia-born British man, was arrested.
Met Police liaised with Counter Terrorism, but the matter is not being treated as terrorist-related.
A force spokesperson said: ‘Due to the nature of the incident, local officers were in contact with officers from Counter Terrorism Policing London as they conducted their initial enquiries.
‘While investigators are keeping an open mind as to any potential motive, the incident is not being treated as terrorism.’
As two of the pedestrians were treated outside M&S in Ealing Broadway after the incident at 2:29pm today, three were taken to hospital.
None suffered life-threatening or life-changing injuries, but one person was rushed to a major trauma centre.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: ‘We were called at 2.29pm today to reports of a road traffic collision in Ealing Broadway, W5.
‘We sent a number of resources, including ambulance crews, paramedics in fast response cars, a volunteer emergency responder crew, and an incident response officer to the scene. We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance.
‘We treated three patients at the scene and took one of them to a major trauma centre by road as a priority. The other two patients were taken to a local hospital.’
A witness who filmed the emergency response also shared a video on X, saying that the incident ‘looked serious’. The clip showed the driver fleeing, speeding up after a person tried to open his car door while others kicked the vehicle.