Police hunt driver who smashed car into woman and drove off in horrific 'targeted attack'

Shocking footage shows a woman in her 20s being ploughed into by a car as she tried to get into a parked vehicle on Harrow Manorway in Abbey Wood on Sunday afternoon.

“Police hunt driver who smashed car into woman and drove off in horrific 'targeted attack' Shocking footage shows the moment a woman in her 20s was ploughed into by a car as she tried to get into a parked vehicle on Harrow Manorway, in Abbey Wood, on Sunday afternoon Police are searching for a driver who smashed into a woman at high speed and then drove off in a "targeted attack"”

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A red car comes flying around the corner and the driver swerves the vehicle so it rams into the woman from behind.

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The impact sends her "flying" across the street and over the car bonnet, leaving her lying on the ground metres down the road.

The driver continued on without stopping after the collision.

Paramedics and police arrived at the scene within minutes and rushed the woman to hospital.

She incredibly survived the horrific collision and her condition was deemed not to be life-threatening or life-changing.

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A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called at 4.35pm on Sunday, March 8, to reports of a road traffic collision on Harrow Manorway, SE2."

They added: "We sent an ambulance crew, an incident response officer and a paramedic in a fast response car to the scene."

They said: "Our first crews arrived in less than five minutes."

They said: "We treated a woman at the scene and took her to hospital as a priority."

The Metropolitan Police are searching for the driver and have appealed to the public for information.

“Police hunt driver who smashed car into woman and drove off in horrific 'targeted attack' Shocking footage shows the moment a woman in her 20s was ploughed into by a car as she tried to get into a parked vehicle on Harrow Manorway, in Abbey Wood, on Sunday afternoon Police are searching for a driver who smashed into a woman at high speed and then drove off in a "targeted attack"”

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No arrests have been made so far and detectives are keeping an open mind about any possible motive as enquiries continue.

A spokesperson for the Met said: "We realise the concern this incident will cause the local community and want to reassure that detectives are working at pace to identify the suspect.

They added: "Enquiries are ongoing and we are keeping an open mind about any possible motive at this stage.

They asked: "Anyone with information that could help police should call 101 quoting CAD4804/8Mar."

Locals fear the collision was a "targeted attack" and say the street is in shock.

One resident told the Daily Mail: "That poor woman looks like she was targeted.

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"It's appalling.

The driver did not stop.

How on earth did that happen?

The whole street is in shock.

It's full of families and children."