Three people have died after a car appeared ‘completely out the blue’ and smashed into pedestrians in a coastal Welsh town packed with school holiday crowds.
Police and paramedics rushed to Beaumaris seafront on Anglesey shortly after 2.45pm today to reports that a driver had become unwell before hitting pedestrians.
Shocked locals said the people were mown down by an Audi A5 which had swerved to avoid a horse-drawn carriage before hitting a house close to Beaumaris pier.
Later an elderly man believed to be the driver was seen being escorted away by police in the back of a patrol car.
HOW IT HAPPENED
‘The Audi seemed to come out of nowhere,’ one local said.
‘It swerved to go around a horse and carriage, mounted the pavement and hit pedestrians who were walking past a house – they didn’t stand a chance.
‘There are people standing around in shock, they can’t believe what has happened.’
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Another witness said she watched ‘people trying very, very hard to do CPR’.
‘It was just awful, the ambulance took ages to get here and when the police and the vehicles eventually came… there was nothing they could do once they got here.
‘(The vehicle) was so mangled. It’s so mangled it’s not true.
‘Everybody really rallied around, diverting the traffic and trying their best to give the people dignity, but it was pretty horrific.’
