Mile End Road crash: Dramatic scene after car ploughs into tree and lamppost in Bow

This was the dramatic scene after a car ploughed into a tree and a lamppost in east London.

The driver was cut from the mangled wreckage of his vehicle following the crash in Mile End Road, Bow, on Thursday afternoon.

Firefighters freed the man from the car which police said struck a lamppost and ploughed into a tree during the crash shortly before 5pm.

He was taken to an east London hospital with a head injury by London Ambulance Service paramedics.

His injuries were not thought to be life-threatening or life-changing, police said.

A Met Police spokesman said: “Police were called at 4.55pm on Thursday, February 9, to reports to a collision on Mile End Road, E3.

“Officers attended and established that a vehicle had been in collision with a tree and a lamppost.

“The London Fire Brigade and the London Ambulance Service were also in attendance.

“The male driver was taken to an east London hospital with a head injury where he remains with injuries not thought to be life threatening or life changing. Enquires continue."