A woman who stepped in to give first aid to a critically injured pedestrian who had been hit by a car said she had to scream at people to stop filming.
The injured pedestrian was one of four who had been hit in a horror crash in East London on Saturday afternoon (May 28) on a busy shopping street.
Police rushed to the scene of the incident in the busy shopping area of Green Street, Newham, after the car ploughed into a crowd of people at around 4.40pm.
All four pedestrians were taken to hospital, with one woman, aged 43, fighting for her life.
Thankfully she is now understood to be in non life-threatening condition but remains in hospital, reports MyLondon.
Tahera Khatun, 25, a trained first aider, said she rushed to help the woman.
She was the first person to give medical assistance to her while the emergency services made their way to the scene.
She said she understands that the woman and her husband, who was also injured, are from Bradford and were on their way to the train station to head home to their five children when the crash happened.
Tahera says it was "shocking" witnessing the incident and she didn't sleep that night as she "kept replaying everything".
She can still hear the woman's screams, she says.
She told MyLondon that she was out shopping for her cousin's wedding when she saw a man "fly against the window of the shop".
The crash happened outside Himalaya Halal Meat and Grill Corner which sit next to one another on Green Street.
She says she immediately ran over to the man and then also saw the woman "crushed against the wall with the car".
According to Tahera, the man got up straight away.
People in the street pushed the car off the woman and she rolled onto her back.
Tahera said the woman's husband wanted to move her, but she knew from her training that it was the wrong thing to do so she advised him not to do so.
She remembered the woman screaming "I'm in pain".
When asked where it hurt, the woman said her back and legs, and she couldn't feel her left leg.
Tahera believed there was potential of a spinal injury, so she put her hands under the woman's head to support her.
In the first few moments, Tahera said she was "really shocked at how some of the public reacted".
While a handful were on the phone to the emergency services, many others in the crowd of people which formed following the crash were filming.
Multiple videos have been posted on TikTok and Twitter, some of them showing a crowd surrounding the woman on the ground.
Tahera says she screamed at them, "Stop recording. Somebody is hurt.
"You are invading her privacy and dignity. That's disrespectful."
Eventually she managed to get them all to move back.
Tahera realised the injured woman was Bengali, so she spoke to her in the language, reassuring her.
Firefighters were the first to arrive at the scene, and they put a tarpaulin barrier around the woman to hide her from the crowds.
Soon after, paramedics arrived and Tahera continued to support the woman's head and translate for her while they checked her.
The woman was then taken to hospital.
Paramedics put a neck brace on the husband and took him to hospital.
The two other women who weren't so seriously injured were also taken to hospital.
Tahera believes the driver of the car which hit the pedestrians "lost control and went straight into the pavement".
Police have said the driver stopped at the scene and assisted officers.
No arrests have been made.
Police say any witnesses who are yet to speak can call 101, using the reference 4974/28may.
