Six people injured after Ferrari 'mounts pavement' and crashes in Battersea

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Six people have been rushed to hospital after a Ferrarimounted the pavement and crashed in south-west London.

Police were called to the scene of the crash at 10.29am on Monday after reports a car had hit a group of teenagers on Battersea Park Road.

Pictures from the scene showed a red Ferrari with its windscreen cracked on one side and damage to one of its headlights.

Witnesses described the "horrible" scene after reports a car hit a group of pedestrians, sending one flying over railings and through the back window of a car on a street below.

One resident who was woken up by the crash said: "I heard a boom and then just people screaming and crying.

"I got up to take a look and people were going crazy. 

"There were people everywhere. Somebody I think fell over the wall and people were coming down to help. They all looked young."

Another passerby, who gave her name only as Hannah and who works close to the scene of the crash, told the Standard: "We could tell it was obviously pretty serious by the amount of ambulances - about six - that were on the road, a police truck and a number of police cars.

"I just hope that everyone involved is okay, such a horrible thing to happen right before Christmas."

Metropolitan police officers, including a horse unit, London Air Ambulance and London Ambulance Service rushed to Battersea Park Road just before 10.30am on Monday.

A spokesman for the Met Police said: “We were called to reports of a car in collision with pedestrians in Battersea Park Road.

"Six people have been injured and are being treated at the scene by paramedics. We await an update on their condition but injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.

"The driver stopped at the scene. Enquiries continue."

An LAS spokeswoman added: “We were called at 10:28am to reports of a road traffic collision near Kirtling Street at the junction with Battersea Park Road.

“We sent a paramedic on a motorcycle, four ambulance crews, an advanced paramedic and an incident response officer to the scene alongside our hazardous area response team. 

"London’s Air Ambulance was also dispatched.

“We treated six patients at the scene and took them to hospital.”