Man arrested after car hits pedestrians in English city

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A man has been arrested after a car hit and injured seven pedestrians in the UK city of Derby. -EPA

A man ‌has been arrested ‌after seven pedestrians ‌were struck by a car in the ‌central English city of Derby.

Police said the incident occurred at 2130 GMT ‌on Saturday.

All seven ‌people suffered serious but ‌not ⁠life-threatening injuries and were treated ​at the scene before being taken to hospital. 

"We can confirm that seven people were injured when a car was driven into pedestrians in a city centre street," police said in a statement.

"Seven people were treated at the scene by ambulance crews and taken to Royal Derby Hospital and Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham."

Police said officers stopped the vehicle believed to ⁠be involved ‌shortly after ​the incident and arrested the ​driver, a man ‌in his 30s, who remains in custody.

The man, originally from India, was arrested ​on suspicion ‌of attempted murder, causing serious injury by dangerous driving, inflicting ​grievous bodily harm with intent and dangerous driving.

Police said their investigation into the circumstances surrounding ​the ​incident was ongoing.

"Although we know this will be alarming, we ​would ​like to reassure ​people that we do ‌not believe there is an ongoing risk to the public," the police said.

Derby is in the East Midlands region, 180km north of London.