A car has overturned after smashing into children and adults outside a primary school in South Wales, injuring nine people.
Karin Williams An air ambulance was scrambled to the "very serious" accident at Rhoose Primary School and treated casualties at the scene.
Five children and four adults - including the driver of the car and a lollipop lady - were taken to hospital.
Police said no-one had been killed in the collision, which was not thought to have been deliberate. They say the 61-year-old male driver of the vehicle is assisting officers with enquiries.
The lollipop lady was named locally as 50-year-old Karin Williams.
A black Audi was seen on its roof on the pavement just yards from a pelican crossing near the school, before being removed by recovery workers.
A lollipop stick lay on the ground near various items of clothing.
The overturned Audi was removed from the scene Jeff James, the Vale of Glamorgan councillor for Rhoose, said the driver of the Audi "had a coughing fit and he hit the accelerator instead of the brake".
"I'm on site at the moment," he told WalesOnline.
"What I can tell you is that it was an incident whereby a car was manoeuvring in a lot of traffic and the person who was driving the car had a coughing fit and he hit the accelerator instead of the brake.
"The main brunt was borne by the crossing attendant. Several children were hit as well. I'm not sure how the car ended up on its roof but I would imagine it was due to the driver trying to swerve."
Ellie Stuart, a pupil at the school, told Sky News one of her close friends had been hurt in the accident.
"There was a massive crowd of people and everyone was screaming and crying," she said.
The school is in the Vale of Glamorgan Local radio reporter Lucy Short spoke to Sky News from outside the school in Fontygary Road.
"Reports that I've got from people who witnessed the accident say that the car was pulling off at quite a slow rate of speed and accelerated suddenly," she said.
"It's not known why that happened. It would appear to be a sad but freak accident.
"It appears that as it went over the speed bump where the crossing is, it may have turned over because of that and the collision with the pedestrian."
South Wales Police say the accident caused a mixture of serious and minor injuries, but no fatalities. The ages of those hurt is not yet known.
Steve Francis from Capital radio told Sky News that witnesses reported hearing an "incredible bang".
A lollipop lady's sign could be seen lying at the side of the road He said he could see "blood everywhere" outside the school, which teachers could be seen attempting to clear.
A number of people at the scene were said to be in tears.
Ian Morris, divisional manager for surgery at University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, said: "The emergency unit at University Hospital of Wales is treating adults and children involved in the incident in Rhoose."
A spokeswoman for Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust said a "major incident" had been declared and that casualties had been treated at the scene for more than an hour before being taken to hospital.
The road has been closed and emergency services have asked motorists to avoid the area in the Vale of Glamorgan.
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