Man charged after New Year revellers injured in hit-and-run incident

A car at the scene of a hit-and-run incident at the junction of Regent’s Park Road and Primrose Hill in north London Credit: PA Wire/PA Images

A 40-year-old man has been charged with dangerous driving and assault after a hit-and-run incident injured two New Year revellers.

Daniel Sterling has also been charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving, failing to provide a drug test, possession of a knife in a public place and a racially aggravated public order offence.

Metropolitan Police officers were called to the junction of Regent’s Park Road and Primrose Hill shortly after midnight on Wednesday following reports of a vehicle crashing into a pedestrian.

The driver failed to stop and made off along Primrose Hill Road where a second pedestrian was struck, the Met said.

Police confirmed a 21-year-old man suffered minor injuries that did not require medical treatment.

The second pedestrian, a 59-year-old man, was treated by paramedics before being taken to hospital where his injuries were assessed as non-life-changing.

Sterling, of Well Walk, Camden, is due to appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

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