This horrific CCTV footage shows a hit-and-run driver ploughing into a woman and two children crossing a London road.

The small hatchback careered into the group of five people walking across Central Park Road in East Ham, throwing three of them into the air.

The 50-year-old woman, 12-year-old boy and 11-year-old girl were left badly injured, while the driver stopped on the pavement and callously ran away with a passenger.

The group of five people cross Central Park Road, East Ham, at around 3pm as the small hatchback approaches at speed

The car hits three of the group, who are thrown into the air. Two others manage to escape before the impact

While the woman, in her 50s, 12-year-old boy and 11-year-old girl lie on the road, the driver stops on the pavement and runs away with a passenger

Two of the pedestrians managed to move away before the car struck around 3pm on Thursday, October 27.

Police are searching for the driver and passenger, who are both men. No arrests have been made.

Paramedics took the crash victims to hospital, but their injuries were not life threatening.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: 'Police were called at approximately 14:55hrs on Thursday, 27 October to reports of car in collision with three pedestrians in Central Park Road, E6.

Paramedics took the crash victims to hospital, but their injuries were not life threatening. Pictured are CCTV stills from another angle showing the car approaching the group

The car hits the group near a pedestrian crossing. A Metropolitan Polcie spokesman said no arrests have been made and enquiries are continuing

'Officers and London Ambulance Service attended and the three pedestrians - a woman aged in her 50s and two children, a boy, 12, and a girl, 11 - were taken to hospital for treatment.

'No arrests have been made an enquiries are continuing.'