A man has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving
Three children and a woman are in A&E after a horror crash in the early hours of this morning (Sunday, April 26). It happened on East Dulwich’s East Dulwich Grove, between two cars.
The driver of the car, a man, was arrested on suspicion of drink driving, and is in a stable condition in hospital. None of the injuries were life-threatening or life-changing.
Seven people were taken to hospital in total, according to the London Ambulance Service (LAS). Nobody from the second car was taken to A&E, but three others were.
A Met Police spokesperson said: “At around 12.20am on Sunday, April 26, a car was in collision with a second car in East Dulwich Grove, East Dulwich. Three children and a woman in the first car were taken to hospital with injuries.
“None of them were deemed to be life-threatening or changing. The male driver was arrested on suspicion of drink driving.
“He was taken to hospital with injuries, where he remains in a stable condition. No one from the second car was injured.
“Anyone with information that could assist the investigation is asked to contact police quoting 128/26April.”
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 12:21am today (April 26) to reports of a road traffic collision at the junction of East Dulwich Grove and Matham Grove, East Dulwich.
“We sent a number of resources to the scene, including ambulance crews, paramedics in fast response cars, an advanced paramedic and incident response officers to the scene.
“We also dispatched a trauma team in a car from London’s Air Ambulance. We treated multiple patients at the scene and conveyed seven patients to hospital.”
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