Two men have been taken to hospital after being hit by a car in Sloane Square.
Greg Hands, Conservative MP for Chelsea and Fulham, said he heard a vehicle had “mounted a pavement and struck pedestrians”.
Police initially said they were investigating a “suspicious vehicle” and evacuated buildings in the area after a car was found abandoned at the scene on Wednesday afternoon.
However a Metropolitan Police spokesman told The Independent the incident was not “sinister” and was being treated as a road traffic collision.
The force later confirmed a man had been arrested on suspicion of driving offences.
It added in a statement: “Police are on scene in Sloane Square, SW1 where they are dealing with a vehicle which has collided with two people.
“We await a condition update. The car was found abandoned.
“Cordons were put in place and buildings in the surrounding area were evacuated as a precaution while officers searched the vehicle.
“A man was subsequently arrested for driving offences. Further details await.”
London Ambulance Service spokesperson said it was called to the incident at 12.08pm.
A spokesperson added: “We dispatched two ambulance crews and a medic in a car, with the first of our crews arriving in under four minutes.
“We treated two men at the scene and took them both to hospital.”
