Six people were injured in a crash on a residential street in Walthamstow. London Ambulance Service (LAS) paramedics rushed to the scene on Palmerston Road after receiving reports of a crash on Sunday morning (January 5).
Medical responders from LAS’ hazardous response team rushed to the scene alongside an incident response officer. They found the crash site and treated six people who were involved.
Two of them had to be taken to hospital. The extent of their injuries is not yet known and their condition is being assessed by doctors. The four others were discharged at the scene.
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An LAS spokesperson told MyLondon: “We were called at 11.18am on Sunday 5 January to reports of a road traffic collision on Palmerston Road, Walthamstow.
“We sent resources to the scene, including ambulance crews, an incident response officer and paramedics from our hazardous area response team (HART). We treated six patients. We took two people to hospital and discharged the other four at the scene.”