Man charged with attempted murder after car ploughs into pedestrians in west London
A man has been charged with attempted murder after a vehicle struck multiple pedestrians on a busy London road before allegedly fleeing.
Five people were injured, with three taken to hospital after the incident on Ealing Broadway, Ealing, west London, at about 2:30 pm on Saturday.
Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) London carried out initial inquiries, but it is not being treated as terrorism.
On Sunday evening, the Metropolitan Police stated that Somalia-born Timir Ahmed Mohamed, 34, of Grange Park, Ealing, has been charged with five counts of attempted murder, as well as dangerous driving, failing to stop, failing to provide a specimen of breath for analysis, and criminal damage.
He has been remanded in custody and will appear at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
None of the injuries were life-threatening or life-changing, and the two who were not taken to hospital received treatment at the scene.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We dispatched a number of resources including ambulance crews, paramedics in fast response cars, a volunteer emergency responder crew, and an incident response officer to the scene. We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance.
“We treated three patients at the scene and took one of them to a major trauma center by road as a priority. The other two patients were taken to a local hospital.”
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