Overview
- The crash, which followed a brief police pursuit early Saturday, injured ten people and sent nine to hospital.
- Five people aged 14 to 46 remain in hospital with serious injuries, and London Ambulance Service sent multiple crews, specialist HART medics and the air ambulance.
- Police said the pursued car, believed stolen, collided with another vehicle at the junction of Barley Lane and High Road in Goodmayes.
- Officers arrested the driver, a woman in her 20s, on suspicion of dangerous driving, theft and failing to stop, and detained four passengers on suspicion of being in a stolen vehicle.
- The Met has opened an investigation, is gathering CCTV and dashcam footage, and says its standards directorate and the police watchdog have been notified.