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| Woman and boy dead in Penge as stolen car pursued by police 'hits family' | Woman and boy dead in Penge as stolen car pursued by police 'hits family' |
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| A woman and a boy died when a car being chased by police mounted a pavement and crashed "into a family" in south-east London. | |
| The car was being pursued along Lennard Road, Penge, when it struck the group at about 14:05 BST, witnesses said. | |
| The woman and boy died at the scene, while three girls were taken to hospital with "multiple injuries", London Ambulance Service (LAS) said. | The woman and boy died at the scene, while three girls were taken to hospital with "multiple injuries", London Ambulance Service (LAS) said. |
| The driver of the car - reported stolen - has been arrested and is in custody. | The driver of the car - reported stolen - has been arrested and is in custody. |
| Latest updates plus more London stories | Latest updates plus more London stories |
| One witness said the black car was being chased by two police BMWs when the driver "lost control and ploughed into a family". | One witness said the black car was being chased by two police BMWs when the driver "lost control and ploughed into a family". |
| "People were trying to lift a car off a little girl," the man said. | |
| Another witness, Venissa Vassell, said about 20 people lifted the car and the girls "crawled out". | Another witness, Venissa Vassell, said about 20 people lifted the car and the girls "crawled out". |
| One girl who was taken away by ambulance was screaming, "I can't feel my legs", Ms Vassell said. | One girl who was taken away by ambulance was screaming, "I can't feel my legs", Ms Vassell said. |
| Man 'in bushes' | |
| Ilya Baxter, 23, saw the police chase from a window in his flat. | |
| He described seeing a white man aged between 18 and 25 running across the road around the corner from the crashed car, before police caught him. | |
| He said: "I heard the cars and saw someone pointing to the police where he went. I knocked on the window and pointed." | |
| He said that the man was hiding in the bushes. Police then caught the man, handcuffed him, and then went to help the injured, he added. | |
| Police watchdog the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has been informed about the crash. | |
| Over the last 10 years, 252 members of the public have died following road traffic incidents involving the police in England and Wales, according to the IPCC. | |
| In London there were 498 crashes involving a pursuit by Met officers in 2015-16. |