Elderly pedestrian seriously injured in accident with car in country lane
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA pedestrian suffered serious injuries after being struck by a car on a country lane in the Wigan area. Now police have issued an urgent appeal for witnesses.
A red Ford Focus collided with a pedestrian in Wrightington. The incident happened on Toogood Lane at 12:08pm yesterday (25th of November) when the Focus was travelling towards Tunley Lane.
The pedestrian, a man in his 80s, suffered a serious head injury and remains in hospital. Sgt Matt Davidson, of Lancashire Constabulary's Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said "This collision has resulted in a man sustaining some very significant injuries and as such I am requesting anyone who witnessed the collision and hasn't spoken to the police to email the Serious Collision Investigation Unit at SCIU@lancashire.police.uk or call 101, quoting 492 of 25th of November 2023." Submit footage here: https://unitedkingdom1cpp-portal.digital-policing.co.uk/lancashire/appeal/appeal-after-car-collides-with-pedestrian-in-wrightington
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