Two children hospitalised after Holloway school run crash

TWO five-year-old’s were rushed to hospital after they were involved in an accident at a danger junction during this morning’s school run.

The children were taken to the Whittington Hospital, in Archway, after a silver Hyundai collided with a red Renault Megane at the junction of Caledonian Road, Hillmarton Road and North Road, Holloway.

Islington Council are currently consulting local resident on ways to improve safety at the junction.

A spokeswoman for London Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 8.30am to reports of a road traffic collision involving two cars on Caledonian Road, close to the junction with North Road.

“We sent two ambulance crews and our staff treated two patients, both reported to be five-years-old.

“They were taken to the Whittington Hospital, one of them suffering pain in the neck.”