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| Cardiff hit-and-runs: Pedestrians 'targeted by van' | Cardiff hit-and-runs: Pedestrians 'targeted by van' |
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| Twelve 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 is in custody after a number of collisions in the Ely and Leckwith areas. | Both adults and children were hurt, and the 31-year-old man is in custody after a number of collisions in the Ely and Leckwith areas. |
| Eyewitnesses have said pedestrians were deliberately targeted by someone driving a van in five or six locations. | |
| The A&E department at the University Hospital of Wales is shut to anyone not involved in the incident. | The A&E department at the University Hospital of Wales is shut to anyone not involved in the incident. |
| The locations include Grand Avenue in Ely, Cowbridge Road West, and Leckwith Retail Park. | |
| The conditions of those injured is not yet known. Police are due to give more details at a press conference on Friday evening. | |
| Ely sub-postmaster Shady Taha, 29, had just served two girls and a young woman moments before one of the hit-and-runs in Grand Avenue, immediately outside a row of shops. | Ely sub-postmaster Shady Taha, 29, had just served two girls and a young woman moments before one of the hit-and-runs in Grand Avenue, immediately outside a row of shops. |
| He said the two girls aged about 10 and a woman in her mid-20s had been browsing the birthday cards in the store before buying a jar of coffee and leaving. | He said the two girls aged about 10 and a woman in her mid-20s had been browsing the birthday cards in the store before buying a jar of coffee and leaving. |
| He said: "All of a sudden I heard a bang. I looked out and across the road one girl was on the floor and the other girl was screaming. | He said: "All of a sudden I heard a bang. I looked out and across the road one girl was on the floor and the other girl was screaming. |
| "I heard a van speed off but I did not see it." | "I heard a van speed off but I did not see it." |
| Mr Taha and his assistant phoned the emergency services and said it took a while for the ambulance to arrive. He added: "Now we know why." href="/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-20009426" >12 hurt in Cardiff hit-and-runs | |
| Lynda Paterson, who lives on Cowbridge Road West, said the scene outside her house was chaotic. | 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 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. | "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 | Forensic teams |
| "The police were running down because the ambulance hadn't come." | "The police were running down because the ambulance hadn't come." |
| Cardiff West MP Kevin Brennan told BBC Wales that it sounded like a "tragic incident and my heart goes out to the victims". | |
| Police are at several locations in the west of the city, including Crossways Road, Cowbridge Road West, Grand Avenue and Sloper Road. | Police are at several locations in the west of the city, including Crossways Road, Cowbridge Road West, Grand Avenue and Sloper Road. |
| Ely Fire Station is sealed off with forensic teams working near there. | Ely Fire Station is sealed off with forensic teams working near there. |
| Leckwith Retail Park - which is next to the Cardiff City Stadium, home of Cardiff City FC - was closed, and ambulances were at the scene. The retail park is a large and well-used shopping area, where stores include Marks & Spencer, Next, Asda and Costa Coffee. | |
| 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. | There are reports of traffic chaos in several locations and motorists are advised to avoid the area. |
| Police said the first call came through at 15:30 BST reporting an incident or collision in Crossways Road in Ely. | Police said the first call came through at 15:30 BST reporting an incident or collision in Crossways Road in Ely. |
| Officers are still trying to piece together the exact sequence of events. | Officers are still trying to piece together the exact sequence of events. |
| Hailie Jacobs, from Ely, witnessed the aftermath in her area when taking her son home from school. | 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. | "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. | "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. | "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." | "It was all quite scary, we live near there and it's all places where I walk my children." |
| A van has been seized by police, who are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incidents. | A van has been seized by police, who are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incidents. |
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