FIVE people have been injured after a car crashed into a barber shop in East London today.

       Emergency crews including the air ambulance swooped on Walthamstow after the horror unfolded this afternoon.

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       The car crashed into a barber shop in Walthamstow today Credit: @JRHackney_Tory/TWITTER

       The London Ambulance Service confirmed five people have been taken to hospital including three as a "priority".

       The Met said they were called to the scene at around 1.37pm following reports of a crash between a car and "multiple" pedestrians.

       They confirmed the 65-year-old driver received first aid and has not been arrested.

       All injuries are believed to be non-life threatening and non-life changing.

       Dramatic pictures from the scene show a sheet of shattered glass resting on a white car.

       One witness claimed the car smashed through one window and came out the other side of the shop.

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       Saleem Mohammad, 40, told the Evening Standard: "The car has come through one window and straight out the other side of the shop.

       “I heard a big bang and came out.

       “There was a woman screaming with blood coming from her face and trapped under a big piece of glass. People had to move it off her. I think she was just walking past or standing outside.

       “One of the barbers looked worst hit he wasn’t moving or saying anything.”

       Another local said they heard a "huge bang" with injured pedestrians left scattered on the glass-covered floor.

       Hoe Street is now closed in both directions.

       The Met said: "Police were called at 13:47 hrs on Thursday 14 October to a report of a collision involving a vehicle and multiple pedestrians in Hoe Street,E17.

       "Officers, along with colleagues from the Ambulance Service and the London Air Ambulance Service, attended the scene and immediately provided first aid to the 65-year-old driver and others at the location.

       "All injuries are believed to be non-life threatening and non-life changing.

       "A number of road closures are in place."

       Anyone with information can call police on 101 quoting 3761/14Oct.

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       Emergency crews on the scene today Credit: @JRHackney_Tory/TWITTER

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