Four injured as unmarked car collides with restaurant-goers
Four people have been injured after an unmarked police car collided with customers sitting outside a London restaurant.
Four people have been injured after an unmarked police car collided with customers sitting outside a London restaurant.
Officers were responding to an emergency call at 7.44pm on Tuesday (July 26) when their car clipped another vehicle and crashed into a group sitting outside the Pizza East restaurant in Highgate.
A man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, and a woman was treated at the scene for minor injuries. Both officers have been treated for whiplash.
Joff Wild, 52, who was driving by when the incident occurred, told The Evening Standard: I heard the siren really loud and saw a police car coming pretty fast.
It undertook a car that was waiting to turn right, clipped the back and went hurtling into the line of tables and chairs outside.
There were chairs and tables going up in the air where people were sitting and then it smashed into a bollard. There were screams as people outside the pub on the corner came running over to help. I could see a guy lying on the floor.
The Metropolitan Police Service confirmed that the driver of the other vehicle stopped to help and is now assisting officers in their enquiries.
The incident has been referred to the forces Directorate of Professional Standards as well as the Independent Police Complaints Commission.