A BABY and another young child were among six people taken to hospital after a car hit pedestrians at today’s Chipping Sodbury Christmas Sunday event.
Police say the car was involved in “a low-speed collision with pedestrians while manoeuvring out of a parking space” in the High Street at noon.
A total of seven pedestrians – five adults and two children – were assessed by paramedics at the scene of the incident.
The children, including a baby, and three of the adult pedestrians were taken to hospital, while two other adults were treated at the scene but did not need hospital treatment.
The driver of the car, a man police believe to be in his 80s, was also taken to hospital.
An Avon & Somerset police spokesperson said: “We’d like to reassure people that despite the large emergency response, no-one is currently described as having either life-threatening or life-changing injuries.”
They called on anyone who saw what happened or has any video footage that could help their investigation, and has not yet contact them, to call 101 and quote the incident number 5224 315 536.
Police left the scene at about 2pm and the event continued on the rest of the High Street, culminating in a visit by the Original Santa Float at 5pm.
Organisers issued a statement on their Facebook page shortly after the collision, saying: “As many of you are aware there has been an incident at the top of the High Street.
“We have been advised by the police not to cancel today’s event so the remainder of the High Street from Hobbs House Bakery down towards Broad Street and Horse Street is still open.”
They asked people not to speculate about the incident on social media.