Child dead and several injured after car drives into Paris restaurant

This news is breaking.

An eight-year-old girl has been killed after a car crashed through a busy pizzeria in a town near Paris tonight. The incident is said to have left at least five others seriously injured at the restaurant in Seine-et-Marne.

#BREAKING: 1 killed and At least 8 people injured after car drives into a restaurant Seine-et-Marne #Paris; Driver arrested pic.twitter.com/mpySk9JQVb

— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) August 14, 2017

BREAKING: Police: 1 girl dead, at least 5 people injured after driver rams into patrons at pizza restaurant east of Paris.

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 14, 2017

French media reports one girl has died and at least five people are injured after a car drove into a pizza restaurant east of Paris

— Sky News Newsdesk (@SkyNewsBreak) August 14, 2017

It is reported that the driver waited outside the restaurant in a BMW before crashing into the front terrace. According to local reports, the suspect has been arrested. French news outlets also say the driver deliberately drove into the building. Anti-terrorist officers also reportedly arrived at the scene shortly after the incident, however, the public prosecutor's office in the area told Sky News that it has "apparently no connection with a terrorist act". More to follow.