By NewsMata
Seven people have been rushed to hospital after a Tesla was wrecked as it ploughed into a lamppost on a busy London street, Mail Online reports.
Footage shows the aftermath of the crash as the mangled white car sits ruined outside a Sainsbury’s Local store and pedestrians lie sprawled on the pavement.
Bits of black debris are also scattered at the junction of Mile End Road and Harford Street in Stepney Green, east London where the collision took place on Sunday afternoon.
Three ambulances, a trauma team and fire engine are understood to have been sent out with two of the injured needing to be urgently taken to a major trauma centre.
A London Ambulance Service spokesman said: ‘We were called at 5.26pm on Sunday to reports of a road traffic collision in Mile End Road, E1.
‘We sent a number of resources to the scene including three ambulance crews.
‘We also dispatched a trauma team in a car from London’s Air Ambulance.
‘The first paramedic arrived in less than seven minutes.
The white Tesla was seen crumpled around a lamppost after it crashed in Stepney Green on Sunday afternoon
The car left a trail of devastation as it left the road at a set of traffic lights and ploughed into a group of people
‘We treated seven patients at the scene and took them all to hospital.
‘Two of these patients were taken to a major trauma centre as a priority.’
A London Fire Brigade spokesman added: ‘Firefighters were called to a road traffic collision on Sunday.
‘One car was in collision with a lamppost and a traffic light.
‘One fire engine was in attendance from Shoreditch fire station.
‘The Brigade’s 999 Control officers received their first call alerting them to the incident at 7.56pm and the incident was over for the brigade by 8.21pm.’
MailOnline has contacted the Met Police for comment.