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Man charged after New Year’s revelers injured in hit-and-run incident

Man charged after New Year’s revelers injured in hit-and-run incident

A 40-year-old man has been charged with dangerous driving and assault after a hit-and-run incident injured two New Year’s revelers.

Daniel Sterling has also been charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving, failing to submit a drugs test, possession of a knife in a public place and a racially aggravated public order offence.

Metropolitan Police officers were called to the junction of Regent’s Park Road and Primrose Hill in north London shortly after midnight on Wednesday following reports that a vehicle collided with a pedestrian.

The driver did not stop and drove off down Primrose Hill Road, where a second pedestrian was hit, the Met said.

Police confirmed that a 21-year-old man suffered minor injuries that did not require medical treatment.

The second pedestrian, a 59-year-old man, was treated by paramedics before being taken to hospital, where his injuries were deemed not to be life-changing.

Sterling, of Well Walk, Camden, is due to appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

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