London horror: Police officer mowed down in broad daylight hit and run in Camden | UK | News

The policeman has been rushed to a serious trauma unit in hospital after struggling accidents to his decrease physique. He was standing subsequent to a stationary police car when he was knocked down in Dartmouth Park Hill in Camden. The incident occurred shortly earlier than 3pm. The space has been cordoned off whereas police conduct an investigation. 

Multiple street closures are in place. 

The police car was additionally broken in the smash. 

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police stated in a press release: “The driver of the suspect car didn’t cease on the scene.

“Enquiries are underway to hint each driver and car.

“The injured officer was taken to hospital by LAS. We await an replace on the officer’s situation.

“Against the law scene stays in place.”

A spokeswoman for London Ambulance Service stated the officer obtained therapy on the scene of the crash earlier than being transferred to hospital. 

She stated: “We despatched an ambulance crew and an incident response officer to the scene.

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Sunbathers had flocked to Primrose Hill as temperatures soared in the ultimate week of March.

Shocking footage from the scene confirmed a person charging into crowds armed with what seemed to be a knife.

The Met confirmed officers responded to experiences of a person “armed with a knife behaving erratically”.

There have been no experiences of any accidents.

Last weekend police resorted to closing the park from 10pm on Friday and Saturday as a “short-term repair” for anti-social behaviour. 

In the previous few weeks, as Britons regarded ahead to the lifting of lockdown restrictions, teams of youths started to congregate on Primrose Hill.

Police final month imposed a Section 60 order which provides officers the suitable to cease and search individuals with out cheap grounds in a particular space. 

The order coated Camden and the neighbouring borough of Islington.

Westminster Police imposed the order following “a number of incidents inside a brief time frame in relation to violent/knife crime.”

A 27-year-old man was stabbed in Gray’s Inn Road in Camden.

His accidents weren’t life-threatening. 

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