There is sad news this afternoon as it has been revealed that a woman and boy, who is believed to be ten, were hit by a car being pursued by police.
The tragedy happened in Penge, southeast London, when the driver of a reportedly stolen car lost control and ploughed into the family that was walking down Lennard Road.
The tragic loss of two lives was caused by a driver in a stolen vehicle and their decision to fail to stop for #police officers.#Penge
— FoxtrotCop (@Foxtrot_Cop) August 31, 2016
A eyewitness told SkyNews that people tied to lift the car off a little girl, saying: "It was a horrific scene on a sunny afternoon in a sleepy place.
"He lost control and ploughed into a family that was walking on the pavement down Lennard Road. People were trying to lift a car off a little girl. The police officers that were chasing were distraught."
"They moved up to Parish Lane and ploughed into a family," Tayla Goodman told Sky News.
"Some of the eyewitnesses have said a man's been killed. I saw children running away from there in absolute tears, unable to speak.
"It just looked like complete carnage, it was awful. A woman ran through the police tape shouting 'that's my baby!'"
Major incident in #penge #Beckenham @SkyNews @NewsShopper stolen car has crashed into people police everywhere
— Ben Toovey (@Ben2Vcleaning) August 31, 2016
Three ambulance crews, two incident response officers, an advanced paramedic and London's Air Ambulance all arrived at the incident.
A spokesperson for the ambulance service confirmed two people died at the scene and three others, all girls, were taken to hospital with multiple injuries.
This is the scene of an accident in Penge in which two people were killed in a road traffic accident https://t.co/A6vGujsr5N
— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 31, 2016
