A 52-year-old man received treatment at the scene of a collision between two cars in Gyllyngdune Gardens, Seven Kings, this evening after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Ambulance staff and firefighters were called to the scene at around 6.40pm.

A London Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Extensive efforts were made to resuscitate the patient, both on the scene and on the way to London Chest Hospital, Bethnal Green, where he was taken.”

The current condition of the man is not known.

Three fire engines were sent but nobody had to be cut out of the cars.

No other people had to be treated following the crash.