The shocking moment an elderly woman is knocked over by a reversing car on a leafy street in London’s ‘Little India’.
On Sunday, May 5, at about 1:30 p.m., an incident occurred on Alexandra Avenue in Southall.
An old woman is seen strolling along the street in the video, which was captured by a neighbouring CCTV camera. It appears that she is not aware that a white car is reversing behind her.
The woman is thrown across the tarmac by the car, which is also blind to the fact that she is walking on the road.
The driver is seen stepping out of the car to assist as well. Caring bystanders respond to the woman on the ground right away.
There were no arrests or injuries, according to the Met Police.
The video, shared on X by the social media account UB1UB2 West London, caused a great deal of controversy among its fans as to who was at fault in the scene—the pedestrian or the driver?
One user wrote: ‘Her fault, what’s she doing walking in the middle of the road?’
Another said: ‘[That’s what] happens if you walk in the middle of a road.’
However, others disagreed: ‘People trying to say it’s the pedestrian’s fault makes me worry…Everyone has a duty of care for their own safety, but it isn’t ‘illegal’ to walk on a road.’
A fourth added: ‘The driver is at fault for neglecting to check the mirrors.’
A spokesperson for the Met Police said: ‘Police were called at 12:31hrs on Sunday, May 5, to a report of a collision at Alexandra Avenue, Southall.
‘At the scene, a car had been in collision with a female pedestrian. The driver of the car stopped at the scene. The pedestrian did not suffer any injuries.
‘There were no arrests and no offences disclosed.’
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: ‘We were called at 12:34 pm on Sunday, May 5, to reports of an incident involving a car and a pedestrian on Alexandra Avenue, Southall, UB1.
‘We sent an ambulance crew to the scene.
‘Our crews were cancelled en route as we were informed the patient had left the scene.’
This lady was walking in the middle of the road. She was an elderly lady. Why would an elderly lady be walking in the middle of the road? Did she have some form of dementia? Did nobody wait to find out? Did the paramedics not wonder why this lady was walking in the middle of the road? Or the police.
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