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Cardiff incident: Arrest after collisions in Ely and Leckwith | Cardiff incident: Arrest after collisions in Ely and Leckwith |
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Eleven people have been injured in a series of hit-and-runs in Cardiff which have led to the arrest of a van driver. | |
Both adults and children were hurt, and the 31-year-old man was taken into custody after a number of collisions in the Ely and Leckwith areas. | Both adults and children were hurt, and the 31-year-old man was taken into custody after a number of collisions in the Ely and Leckwith areas. |
Eyewitness have said pedestrians were deliberately targeted by someone driving a van in several locations. | |
The A&E department at the University Hospital of Wales is shut to anyone not involved in the incident. | |
There are reports of pedestrians being knocked down at several locations. | |
They include Grand Avenue in Ely, Cowbridge Road West, and Leckwith Retail Park. | |
Lynda Paterson, who lives on Cowbridge Road West, said the scene outside her house was "chaotic". | |
"I was going to pick my children up from school and I could see there were police and someone was lying on the floor, on the pavement," she said. | |
"I could see police running back and forth along the road and I now know there was a child... who had been hit. | |
Forensic teams | |
"The police were running down because the ambulance hadn't come." | |
Police are at several locations including Crossways Road, Cowbridge Road West, Grand Avenue and Sloper Road. | |
Ely Fire Station is said to be sealed off with reports of forensic teams working near there. | |
Leckwith Retail Park - which is next to the Cardiff City Stadium, home of Cardiff City FC - has been closed, according to eyewitnesses, and ambulances are at the scene. | |
The A4160 Penarth Road in Llandough is also closed which is causing delays in the area. | The A4160 Penarth Road in Llandough is also closed which is causing delays in the area. |
There are reports of traffic chaos in several locations and motorists are advised to avoid the area. | |
Hailie Jacobs, from Ely, witnessed the aftermath in her area when taking her son home from school. | |
"I noticed all the police and ambulance first. They'd taped off the road in various parts," she said. | |
"Some of it was absolutely manic and there was a paramedic working on someone on the ground. | |
"There were just loads of ambulances and police cars and even two helicopters above. | |
"It was all quite scary, we live near there and it's all places where I walk my children." | |
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