A collison between a car and a van led to six people being hospitalised on Sunday just metres from the Croydon Mela Festival at Lloyd Park.
The Ford Focus collided with a van at around 1.40pm on Sunday afternoon on Coombe Lane, Croydon.
Roads were closed off and festival-goers told to find another route home as emergency services cordoned off the area and treated the injured.
A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “We sent five ambulance crews, three single responders, a duty officer and the air ambulance.
“Crews treated a total of six patients on scene and took them to hospital.
“Two patients were taken as a priority to Mayday Hospital – a woman in her 50s with minor injuries and another patient.
“Four patients were taken as a priority to St Georges Hospital – a woman in her 20s with back and chest injuries, a woman in her 80s with a hand injury, a man in his 20s with minor injuries, and finally a two year boy with minor facial injuries.”
A police spokesman said: “Police were called at 1.38pm on Sunday, August 2 to Coombe Lane, Croydon to reports of a collison.”
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