Five injured after car hits pedestrians - London

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TomandJerry

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Five people have been taken to hospital after a car crashed in to them in south-east London, police have said.

Emergency services were called to Bromley Road in Bellingham just before 08:30 GMT."

Terrorism!

 

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TheJasperCo

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• Feb 26, 2017

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Weird that similar incidents happened in the last 24 hours in Germany and the US.

None of these, should point out, have any links to terrorism. Just a bit of a coincidence. Hope the injured all make swift and full recoveries.

 

Eeyore

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TomandJerry said:

Five people have been taken to hospital after a car crashed in to them in south-east London, police have said.

Emergency services were called to Bromley Road in Bellingham just before 08:30 GMT."

Terrorism!

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Sorry to disappoint, but there is a possibility it might not have been.

 

studio150

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TomandJerry said:

Terrorism!

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I would not go that far based on the limited information, far more likely that the driver was still drunk or drugged up from a Saturday night out, or for some reason pressed the accelerator hard believing it to be the brake.

Would a terrorist not prefer a truck and a larger crowd.

Still no doubt Trump will label it as terrorism

Hopefully those injured recover quickly

 

Saladpack Seagull

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• Feb 26, 2017

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TomandJerry said:

Five people have been taken to hospital after a car crashed in to them in south-east London, police have said.

Emergency services were called to Bromley Road in Bellingham just before 08:30 GMT."

Terrorism!

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Or just bad driving?

 

beorhthelm

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• Feb 26, 2017

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Saladpack Seagull said:

Or just bad driving?

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or heart attack, or poorly maintained vehicle, as we've seen recent cases.

 

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The Optimist

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Taken from the BBC, drink driving appears to be the suspected reason:

The driver of the car was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
He was also arrested on suspicion of drink driving before being taken to a south London hospital with a head injury.

 

Buzzer

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• Feb 26, 2017

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studio150 said:

I would not go that far based on the limited information, far more likely that the driver was still drunk or drugged up from a Saturday night out, or for some reason pressed the accelerator hard believing it to be the brake.

Would a terrorist not prefer a truck and a larger crowd.

Still no doubt Trump will label it as terrorism

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Got to love a virtue-signalling hypocrite.

You rightly advise against jumping to conclusions to fit an agenda but then you go and say that "still no doubt Trump will label it..etc...etc".

 

studio150

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Buzzer said:

Got to love a virtue-signalling hypocrite.

You rightly advise against jumping to conclusions to fit an agenda but then you go and say that "still no doubt Trump will label it..etc...etc".

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he does have previous on this doesn't he

 

Buzzer

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• Feb 26, 2017

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studio150 said:

he does have previous on this doesn't he

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As so do Islamic terrorists for driving cars into pedestrians but you still shouldn't jump to conclusions, you fool! Just because there's form doesn't mean it will necessarily be the result this time.

 

studio150

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Buzzer said:

As so do Islamic terrorists for driving cars into pedestrians .

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Do they?

Cars used for suicide attacks, but vehicle ramming incidents have been trucks,

 

Buzzer

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studio150 said:

Do they?

Cars used for suicide attacks, but vehicle ramming incidents have been trucks,

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Oh do stop splitting hairs. It was the assumption that the OP quite clearly made. You got hoisted by your own petard. Deal with it.

 

studio150

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Buzzer said:

Oh do stop splitting hairs. It was the assumption that the OP quite clearly made. You got hoisted by your own petard. Deal with it.

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Its not splitting hairs there is a clear difference between the two vehicle types. I am somewhat surprised that you and the OP are unable to see this but if you want to believe they are one of the same thats fine.

 

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knocky1

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Buzzer said:

Oh do stop splitting hairs. It was the assumption that the OP quite clearly made. You got hoisted by your own petard. Deal with it.

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May I suggest running up and down an old 70's Car Park as a stress reliever!

 

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LA1972

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• Feb 26, 2017

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studio150 said:

Its not splitting hairs there is a clear difference between the two vehicle types. I am somewhat surprised that you and the OP are unable to see this but if you want to believe they are one of the same thats fine.

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There have been terrorist attacks in France using cars ploughing into shoppers in recent years. But as it happens this seems as though this is just a drunk ****

 

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Neville's Breakfast

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• Feb 26, 2017

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studio150 said:

Its not splitting hairs there is a clear difference between the two vehicle types. I am somewhat surprised that you and the OP are unable to see this but if you want to believe they are one of the same thats fine.

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I think the point being made is that nobody should jump to conclusions. It doesn't help the febrile atmosphere when either side uses incidents to make political jibes.