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| Penge car accident: 'Woman and child' killed in London after being hit by car chased by police | |
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| A woman and boy have died after a car being chased by police in south east London lost control and ploughed into "a family". | |
| Emergency services were called to Lennard Road in Penge at around 2:05pm on Wednesday and two members of the public were pronounced dead at the scene. | |
| The London Ambulance Service said a woman and boy died at the scene and three girls have been taken to hospital with multiple injuries. | |
| A spokeswoman said: "We sent multiple resources to the scene including three ambulance crews, two incident response officers, an advanced paramedic and London's Air Ambulance. | |
| "Sadly, a woman and a boy died at the scene. | |
| "We treated a further three patients, all girls, at the scene for multiple injuries and they were all taken to hospital." | |
| One witness has said a woman in her late 30s or early 40s and a 10-old-boy, who she believed to be related, were killed in the accident. | |
| Venissa Vassell, 18, who heard sirens and a car screeching and ran to the scene immediately to help. | |
| She said twin girls again around seven became trapped under the car and about 20 people came to lift them free. | |
| The girls "crawled out", however another girl aged around, 11, was later taken away by an ambulance, shouting "I can't feel my legs", according to Ms Vassell. | |
| Ms Vassell said she performed CPR on the the female victim, but "it wasn't working". | |
| She added that the boy seemed fine, but "by the time I came back to speak to the little girl to say 'your brother is alright' he was passed out". | |
| She said the accident "all happened too quick" and she "could not explain" what she saw. | |
| Another witnesses described the accident as “horrific”. | |
| A man who lives near the crash site said that a black car was being chased by two police BMWs when it tried to turn into Lennard Road. | |
| "He lost control and ploughed into a family that was walking on the pavement down Lennard Road. | |
| "People were trying to lift a car off a little girl. The police officers that were chasing were distraught," the man said. | |
| "It was a horrific scene on a sunny afternoon in a sleepy place." | |
| The driver of the car has been arrested and remains in custody at a south London police station, police said. | The driver of the car has been arrested and remains in custody at a south London police station, police said. |
| Another eyewitness, who also did not want to be named, said that apart from the two people who died, the casualties who were children were being taken away by ambulance. | |
| Metropolitan Police said in a statement: “At approximately 14:05hrs on Wednesday, 31 August a car was in collision with a number of members of the public in Lennard Road, SE20. | Metropolitan Police said in a statement: “At approximately 14:05hrs on Wednesday, 31 August a car was in collision with a number of members of the public in Lennard Road, SE20. |
| "The car was being pursued by police at the time of the collision." | "The car was being pursued by police at the time of the collision." |
| Additional reporting by Press Association | Additional reporting by Press Association |