Woman charged with attempted murder after car hit pedestrians in central London

A woman has been charged with attempted murder after a car hit pedestrians in a central London street in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The Metropolitan police named her as Gabrielle Carrington, 29, from Manchester.

The car struck three people in Argyll Street, close to Oxford Street, at around 4.30am on Sunday.

Police said the incident had left a woman in their 30s in a life-threatening condition and a man in his 50s with life-changing injuries. A third woman was treated for minor injuries.

Carrington has also been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent, actual bodily harm and drink driving. She has been remanded in custody ahead of her first appearance at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

The crash, which has not been treated as terrorism-related, took place near the London Palladium theatre.

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