Seven people - including baby - injured after car collides with Christmas shoppers in Chipping Sodbury

Seven people, including a baby, have been injured after a driver ploughed into a group of Christmas shoppers near Bristol today.

Five adults and two children were hurt after an elderly driver, believed to be in his 80s, collided with pedestrians attending a Christmas market in Chipping Sodbury near Bristol earlier today (Sunday 1 December).

Avon and Somerset Police said the collision happened at the top of the high street before 12 pm when police were called out to a report of a car in a low-speed collision with pedestrians while manoeuvring out of a parking space.

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One witness, Esra Ward, who is running a pizza stall at the market, saw the whole thing unfold.

Speaking to the BBC, she said: “We were just talking with the customers in front of our van. The car was parked, and suddenly we saw him accelerate coming out of his parking space and hit a couple of people.

“There was a mum with a baby in a pushchair in front of the car. Apparently at the back he has hit a few more people, a family. They had ambulances and police and fire all here in about five minutes."

A police force spokesperson said: "The driver - believed to be a man in his eighties - and seven pedestrians (five adults and two children) were assessed by ambulance crew at the scene.

"We'd like to reassure people that despite the large emergency response no one is currently described as having either life-threatening or life-changing injuries. Two young children, including a baby, have gone to hospital.

"Anyone who saw what happened, or who has any footage which could help, and who has not spoken with officers at the scene is asked to call 101 and give the reference