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Edmonton crash: Two women rushed to hospital after 'hit and run' in north London high street

Two women were rushed to an east London hospital after being hit in Bury Street: Google
Two women were rushed to an east London hospital after being hit in Bury Street: Google

Two women were rushed to hospital after they were mowed down by a hit and run driver in north London.

Police were called to Bury Street, in Edmonton, at about 11.15pm on Friday to reports of a car in collision with two pedestrians.

On arrival they found to women, one in her 30s and the other in her 50s, having been hit by a car.

They were rushed to hospital by paramedics, where their injuries are described as life-changing but not life-threatening, police said.

The driver failed to stop at the scene.

A Met Police spokesman said: “Police were called at around 11:15hrs on Friday, 26 May, to a car in collision with two pedestrian in Bury Street.”

“The pedestrians - two women aged in their 30s and 50s - were taken by London Ambulance Service to an east London hospital.”

Detectives described the car as an estate, possibly a Mercedes, which is likely to have sustained damage to its front in the crash.

No arrests have been made.

Anyone with information should call the Serious Collision Investigation Unit at Chadwell Heath on 020 8597 4874 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.