Five-month-old baby killed after car mounted pavement at tourist resort

A baby has been killed and several people have been injured after a car mounted a pavement and mowed down pedestrians in a popular tourist resort.

The vehicle mounted the pavement near the Hotel Flamingo in the resort of Playa Blanca on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands at around 6.30pm local time on Monday.

Two female victims were seriously injured while another three people were hurt.

Police, paramedics and an air ambulance were sent to the scene, and it’s understood that the driver of the car told police she’d suffered a steering problem.

A full police investigation is now underway – and there is nothing at this stage pointing to it being investigated as a terror incident.

Local reports suggest some of the victims are British tourists, but local police have not yet confirmed their nationalities.

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