Man arrested after two people hit by car in London’s Sloane Square

Eyewitnesses claim vehicle ‘mounted pavement and hit pedestrians’

A police cordon in Sloane Square, central London, where two pedestrians were allegedly hit by a car, 3 June 2020. (Dan Weiss)

Two men have been taken to hospital after being hit by a car in Sloane Square.

Greg Hands, Conservative MP for Chelsea and Fulham, said he heard a vehicle had “mounted a pavement and struck pedestrians”.

Police initially said they were investigating a “suspicious vehicle” and evacuated buildings in the area after a car was found abandoned at the scene on Wednesday afternoon.

However a Metropolitan Police spokesman told The Independent the incident was not “sinister” and was being treated as a road traffic collision.

The force later confirmed a man had been arrested on suspicion of driving offences.

It added in a statement: “Police are on scene in Sloane Square, SW1 where they are dealing with a vehicle which has collided with two people.

“We await a condition update. The car was found abandoned.

“Cordons were put in place and buildings in the surrounding area were evacuated as a precaution while officers searched the vehicle.

“A man was subsequently arrested for driving offences. Further details await.”

London Ambulance Service spokesperson said it was called to the incident at 12.08pm.

A spokesperson added: “We dispatched two ambulance crews and a medic in a car, with the first of our crews arriving in under four minutes.

“We treated two men at the scene and took them both to hospital.”