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’.
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‘There’s a car with some damage to its rear bumper. One person has been picked up and put into an ambulance, and there’s two people lying on the floor,’ they added.
Also on X, Alexander Stafford, who served as a councillor for Ealing Broadway between 2014 and 2021, penned: ‘Absolutely horrific news from Ealing Broadway – as a councillor I used to represent this area and used to work in that very M&S. Praying for a speedy recovery for all the injured.’
As the investigation continues, the Broadway has been closed in both directions between High Street and Spring Bridge Road, with several bus routes also diverted away from the area.
The Met said that closures could ‘remain in place for some time’.
Police have instructed anyone who saw anything or has footage of the incident to contact them on 101, giving the reference 4607/27JUN.
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