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Shocking moment pedestrian is run over by reversing car before being hit AGAIN - as man is arrested over 'attempted murder'
Distressing footage shows the moment a pedestrian was knocked down by a reversing car before being hit again just seconds later by the same vehicle.
The incident, which happened in Limehouse, East London on Saturday evening, occurred between two cars on a residential street lined with terraced homes.
The victim, a man in his 40s, was rushed to hospital following the ordeal while an 18-year-old man was today arrested on suspicion of murder, police confirmed.
In footage posted on social media, the pedestrian in orange clothing is brutally knocked backwards when a white car dangerously reverses onto the pavement, narrowly missing a grey vehicle sat still on the road.
In a baffling turn of events, the white car then aggressively drives forward before the man - who has just managed to stand up - is able to get out the way, sending him flying through the air.
The white vehicle then smashes into the grey car in the road, while the victim lies face down on the street.
Next, a ferocious row breaks out between a female witness and the people inside the white vehicle, as she wrestles to open the left-side back door shouting 'open the f****** car'.
'Call the police, call the f****** police, get out the car,' she adds.
Four men get out the vehicle, before the female witness enters a physical fight with one of the passengers.
Meanwhile, the man who got out the driver's side front door, wearing a bright blue outfit, appears to calmly step over the victim still lying still in the road before getting something out the car and running off.
Another man who was in the back seat also appears to do a runner as he flees the scene, leaving the victim face down in the road.
Horrified onlookers watch on in fear and horror as the group angrily scream at each other in broad daylight.
Today, police revealed the incident was one of two to happen yesterday evening involving the same car.
An initial ordeal had previously taken place in nearby Morpeth Street in Bethnal Green, which saw a man in his 20s taken to hospital after being hit by the vehicle. A second person was also hit but his condition remains unknown.
An 18-year-old man was today arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, and remains in police custody.
Police are making urgent enquiries to trace the other three people in the car, whose whereabouts are currently unknown.
A Met Police spokesperson said: 'Around 21:15hrs on Saturday, 14 June, officers attended Morpeth Street, E2, alongside the London Ambulance Service, where the first incident took place.
'One man, aged in his 20s, was taken to hospital, where his injuries were assessed as non-life-changing and non-life-threatening. The condition of the second victim is unknown, and we are urging him to contact the police.
'Shortly afterwards, police were called to nearby Eastfield Street, E14, after reports of a second collision. Paramedics treated a man in his 40s at the scene for injuries. He was taken to hospital, where his condition was assessed as non-life-changing and non-life-threatening.
'The four occupants of the vehicle left the scene on foot. On Sunday, 15 June, an 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. He has been taken into police custody, where he remains. Police are making urgent enquiries to trace the three other people in the car.
'Anybody who witnessed the incident – or who has information – should call 101, quoting crime reference 7432/14JUN.'
