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Dramatic pictures from the scene showed shocked onlookers surrounding a vehicle with a smashed windscreen.

One witness described "screaming and uncertainty" as the incident unfolded.

At least one pedestrian was taken to a nearby hospital, the Metropolitan Police confirmed.

Emergency services arrived on Pentonville Road shortly after 7pm this evening.

An air ambulance team was deployed to deal with the situation.

The incident is not thought to be terror-related.

A police spokesman confirmed it is being treated as a road traffic collision.

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Speaking exclusively to Daily Star Online, witness Rob Capper said: “I was walking from the station up Pentonville Road and had just passed the McDonalds on the left.

“All of an sudden there was some loud engine revs – either with the car having been floored in a low gear or with the clutch depressed.

“Then I heard a series of bangs and saw the Smart car come across the pavement a few metres ahead of me.

“It collided with a man who was outside the door of the Starbucks and I thought immediately that it had gone over him."

Rob, 37, lives in nearby Islington and works as a consultant.

"Instead I think he must have hit the windscreen," he added.

“There was some screaming and uncertainty from those nearby and many people immediately fled the scene – recent events are obviously the reason behind that.

“Bizarrely, I'd been knocked off my bike only 30 minutes earlier so I decided to head home for an ice cream and a lie down!

"I continued forwards to see if there was anything helpful I could do for the injured and then left the scene as soon as the police arrived amd took over."