Child and baby taken to hospital after crash at Chipping Sodbury Christmas market

5 land ambulances, an air ambulance and several other resources were dispatched to provide casualty care at the scene

Two young children, including a baby, have been taken to hospital after a car crashed into a group of pedestrians at a Christmas Market.

Avon and Somerset Police said it was called to a report of a low-speed collision on the High Street, in Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, at around midday on Sunday 1 December.

The driver, believed to be a man in his 80s, collided with seven pedestrians while manoeuvring out of a parking space, police said.

A police spokesperson said despite the large emergency response no one is currently described as having either life-threatening or life-changing injuries.

Police said the driver collided with a group of pedestrians while manoeuvring out of a parking space

5 land ambulances, an air ambulance and several other resources were dispatched to the scene of the incident, South Western Air Ambulance said.

Officers said two young children, including a baby, and four adults, including the driver, were taken to hospital. Two other adults were discharged at the scene by medics.

ITV News understands nobody has suffered either life-threatening or life-changing injuries in the incident.

"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," a spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police said.

The organisers confirmed the Christmas Sunday event was still ongoing despite the incident

Esra Ward, who was running a pizza stall at the market, said she was left shaken after seeing the event unfold.

"There was a mum and a baby in a pushchair - unfortunately he hit them, and then he drove into a stall which just in front of our van," she said.

"Everything happened so quickly. I'm still shaking and you know, can't get my head around this."

In a statement posted to Facebook, the organisers confirmed the event was still continuing, despite the incident.

They said: "We have been advised by the police not to cancel today's event, so the remainder of the High Street from Hobbs House Bakery down towards Broad Street and Horse Street is still open.

"We would ask anyone attending today to please not take photos of the incident, and not speculate on social media as we work the emergency services to help those people who need assistance."

Avon and Somerset Police is appealing for anyone with information about the incident to contact the force.

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