Five Adults and Two Children Injured When Driver Crashes into Pedestrians at UK Christmas Market
Five adults and two children, including a baby, have been left injured after a driver crashed his vehicle into pedestrians at a Christmas market in the United Kingdom.
The incident, believed to have been an accident, occurred in Chipping Sodbury, near Bristol.
According to reports, the driver appeared to be an elderly man, likely in his 80s.
The BBC reports:
Avon and Somerset Police said a man – believed to be in his 80s – collided with pedestrians at a low-speed while manoeuvring out of a parking space.
A spokesperson said that despite the large emergency response no one is currently described as having either life-threatening or life-changing injuries.
Five ambulances, an air ambulance, and several other resources were dispatched to the market town, which is around 18 miles (29km) north-east of Bristol.
Organizers of the market announced on social media that it will remain open.
#BREAKING: A car drives in to people including children at a Christmas gathering in Chipping Sodbury, UK. pic.twitter.com/PmTOUNlhMA
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“We have been advised by the police not to cancel today’s event, so the remainder of the High Street from Hobbs House Bakery down towards Broad Street and Horse Street is still open,” the post said.
“We would ask anyone attending today to please not take photos of the incident, and not speculate on social media as we work the emergency services to help those people who need assistance.”
Witness Esra Ward, who was running a pizza stall, told the BBC, “The car was parked, and suddenly we saw him accelerate coming out of his parking space and hit a couple of people.”
“There was a mum with a baby in a pushchair in front of the car. Apparently at the back he has hit a few more people, a family. They had ambulances and police and fire all here in about five minutes.”
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