Woman is arrested 'after ploughing her car into families gathering for Eid prayers near Newcastle mosque', leaving two children in intensive care - a week after Finsbury Park attack

The vehicle(pictured) ploughed into crowds who had packed into a college sports pitch that was providing extra parking spaces for Eid celebrations at 9.14am

This is the driver suspected of accidentally injuring six people including three children when her car careered out of control through a field full of hundreds of Muslims who had been celebrating the end of Ramadan.

The car ploughed into crowds who had packed into a sports pitch that was serving as a car park for Eid celebrations in Westgate Community College, Newcastle.

Witnesses said the driver, a 42-year-old Muslim woman, got into her car at 9.14am after prayers when she 'hit the gas not the break' and sped into adults and children.

Bloodied victims fled as the car sped around the field, just down the road from Newcastle Central Mosque, before a bystander leapt in and pulled the handbrake.

The woman was arrested and taken into custody but police said the incident was not terror related. The car was later filmed being taken away to be analysed.

Speaking just before 2pm, Assistant Chief Constable Darren Best said two of the children and one adult were still in intensive care at the Royal Victoria Infirmary.

The event sparked panic just a week after suspected terrorist Darren Osborne, 47, deliberately drove into worshippers outside Finsbury Park Mosque in London.

Bystanders ran across the field in panic as they saw the car 'spinning' through the crowds of 300 to 400 people, which included large numbers of children.

The woman, who wore bright green traditional robes, had been parked on a grassy verge and went to move off when she lost control.

Witnesses said the first person hit was a 'little boy' as the vehicle span round three times before coming to a halt by a path.

Footage shows officers comforting people caught up in the incident, which included a man bleeding from his shoulder.

Witness Uman Nyanzi said: 'It was a complete freak accident. She was praying with us just before this all happened.

'She was in the car and she was speaking to someone literally just seconds before the accident.

'To me it looked like she pressed the gas instead of the brake and she lost control.

'The car started spinning. It was quite unbelievable. Someone had to jump in the car and pull the handbrake up to make it stop.

'The first person it knocked was a little boy and he was bleeding really heavily from his shoulder. His mother was hysterical and very distressed.'

Mr Nyzani said he saw several other victims lying nearby, adding: 'There was another boy lying near to him and two gentlemen.

'One man looked to have a leg injury and the other was holding his side. It was a terrible, terrible accident. I will pray for that little boy.

'I don't know the family but we might go visit him in hospital. It was one split second of accident or indecision.'

This is the driver suspected of accidentally injuring six people including three children when her car careered out of control in a field full of hundreds of Muslims

Three children were among six people injured after a woman driver ploughed her car into families who were gathered at an overflow car park outside Westgate Community Centre

Bloodied bystanders fled in horror as the car sped around the field outside Westgate Community College before a heroic bystander jumped in and pulled the handbrake