Published by Robert L Senior Reporter on Sunday, 17th November 2024, at 16:45hrs
The collision happened this afternoon in Bristol
Police have launched a hunt for the occupants of a car that was involved in a hit and run in Bristol on Sunday afternoon that’s left a child with life-threatening injuries in hospital.
In a statement released today, Avon and Somerset Police said:
“We are at the scene of a serious injury collision in the Lawrence Weston area of Bristol.
We were called at 1.51pm today (17 November) to a report that a BMW car had left the road in Long Cross, near its junction with Kings Weston Road, and collided with a child. It was also reported that the two occupants of the car had subsequently left the scene.
Officers attended alongside the ambulance and fire services and remain at the scene. The child was taken to hospital with injuries which are believed to be life-threatening.
Enquiries to identify the occupants of the car are ongoing. They are described as a man and a woman, both of whom are white. The man had short dark coloured hair and was wearing a grey puffer jacket, light-coloured trousers and white trainers. The woman had blonde hair and was wearing a black puffer coat, blue jeans and light-coloured shoes.”
If you witnessed the collision, have any dashcam or CCTV footage of it, or have any other information that could help our investigation, please call 101 and give the call handler the reference 5224303111.
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