Man, 40, charged after car swerved into New Year’s Eve crowds leaving two hurt

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A MAN has been charged with dangerous driving after a hit-and-run incident in which two New Year’s Eve revellers were injured.

Metropolitan Police officers were called to the junction of Regent’s Park Road and Primrose Hill in North London shortly after midnight following reports of a vehicle crashing into a pedestrian.

Police cars at night at a crime scene.
Metropolitan Police officers near Primrose Hill in North London
Damaged car at a hit-and-run scene.
Two New Year’s Eve revellers were injured on Wednesday morning
Car at a hit-and-run scene with its trunk open.
The car at the scene of a hit-and-run incident at the junction

The driver failed to stop and made off along Primrose Hill Road where a second pedestrian was struck.

Police confirmed a 21-year-old man suffered minor injuries that did not require medical treatment.

The second pedestrian, a 59-year-old man, was treated by paramedics before being taken to hospital where his injuries were assessed as non-life changing.

A man was later arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving.

Daniel Sterling, 40, of Camden, has now been charged with multiple offences.

They included dangerous driving, causing serious injury by dangerous driving and failing to provide a drug test.

He was also charged with assault by beating, possession of a knife in a public place and a racially aggravated public order offence.

Sterling was remanded to appear in custody at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

Video footage captured at the scene shows panicked crowds running from Primrose Hill as the incident unfolded.

Screams and shouts can be heard echoing in the background.

Officers already deployed as part of New Year’s Eve policing operations responded quickly to the situation.

Car with shattered windshield at hit-and-run scene.
A 59-year-old victim was rushed to hospital
Metropolitan Police officers at the scene of a New Year's Eve incident in Primrose Hill, London.
Cops at the scene where there were reports of screaming and shouting
Police officers at the scene of a New Year's Eve incident in Primrose Hill, London.
The car severed into onlookers who were watching fireworks
Oxford Street crime scene at night with police cars and officers.
The Met said they are not treating it as a terror incident
Metropolitan Police officer at the scene of a New Year's Eve incident in Primrose Hill, London.
The incident happened just after midnight near Primrose Hill
Police officers at a nighttime crime scene.
Video footage showed panicked crowds running from the scene
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