A woman and child have died and three girls were injured when a suspected stolen car being chased by police ploughed into a family.
Witnesses described hearing a car screeching before smashing into the group on Lennard Road, south-east London, shortly after 2pm yesterday.
Police have arrested a 23-year-old man on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. He remains in custody and police are appealing for witnesses.
Venissa Vassell (18) says she heard sirens and a smash as she walked from a nearby train station and immediately ran to help.
She said there were twin girls aged around seven trapped under the car and about 20 people came to lift the car up to free them.
The girls “crawled out”, but another girl, aged around 11, who was later taken away by ambulance, was screaming “I can’t feel my legs”.
A woman, believed to be in her late thirties or early forties, and a 10-year-old boy she was related to, were killed, Ms Vassell said.
She said: “I did CPR on this lady. I blew in her mouth. It wasn’t working.”
Ms Vassell said that the boy who died was fine one moment, but then “by the time I came back to speak to the little girl to say ‘your brother is all right’ he was passed out.
A spokeswoman for London Ambulance Service said that three girls had multiple injuries and confirmed that a woman and boy were killed.