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Alice Peacock

Scunthorpe car meet: Multiple people injured as vehicle crashes into crowd

One person is fighting for their life in hospital with critical injuries while four others have been seriously injured after a vehicle crashed into a crowd at a car meet.

A number of cars were taking part in a meet at Flixborough Industrial Estate, Scunthorpe when emergency services were called to the scene at around 9:10pm on Saturday.

Police say it is believed that eleven people have been injured; four seriously injured and one in a critical condition. They are all receiving medical assistance and it is believed that they are in a stable but serious condition.

Inspector John Rickells said: “This was a multi-agency incident response and we worked with our emergency service colleagues to provide emergency first aid and establish the circumstances of the incident.

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An aerial view of Flixborough Industrial Estate in Lincolnshire (Alamy Stock Photo)

“As part of our investigations, a 17-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

“At this time our investigations are at a really early stage, and we will release more information when we are able to do so.

“We are aware that a number of people left the scene prior to emergency services arriving, and they may have witnessed what happened.

“We would ask that anyone who may have mobile phone /dashcam footage of the vehicles involved both prior to and at the time of the collision to contact us so that we can establish exactly how the incident happened.

“Anyone with information or footage can contact us on 101, quoting log 531 of 24 September.”

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