“This is an horrific and tragic incident which has claimed the lives of three people,” said Nottinghamshire Police Chief Constable Kate Meynell.
She said two people were found dead in one street just after 4 a.m. and a third on a different street.The three wounded by the van were at a different location and were being treated in a hospital.Witness Lynn Haggitt told reporters that a white van pulled up beside her at 5:30 a.m. and she saw the driver look in his mirror and spot a police car approaching slowly from behind without its lights on.
Two people were found dead in one street just after 4 a.m. and a third on a different street in Nottingham, Britain, on June 13, 2023.“He went straight into them, he didn’t even bother to turn, just went back straight into them,” Haggitt said. “The lady ended up on the curb, and then he backed up the white van and he went, speeded up Parliament Street with the police cars following him.”Police forensics officers carry things on Ilkeston Road in Nottingham, Britain, on June 13, 2023.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called it a shocking incident and asked that police be given time to investigate the crime. “My thoughts are with those injured, and the family and loved ones of those who have lost their lives,” Sunak said. Images on social media showed police, some with rifles, standing near cordons at several locations in the city center.Nottingham is a city of about 350,000 some 120 miles north of London.
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