Published by Robert L Senior Reporter on Monday 23rd December 2024, at 15:30hrs
The road was closed to allow for emergency services to work at the scene and has since reopened
A woman in her 70s has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after being struck by a skip wagon in North Yorkshire on Monday morning.
The driver of the vehicle was later arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by careless driving and driving whilst unfit through drugs after providing a positive roadside drug wipe.
In a statement released today, North Yorkshire Police said:
“We’re appealing for witnesses after a pedestrian was hit by a wagon in Malton this morning (23 December)
It happened on Railway Street at the junction with Water Lane car park when a woman pedestrian aged in her 70s was hit by a skip wagon.
She suffered serious injuries and was taken to York District Hospital for treatment.
We are appealing to anyone who saw the wagon or the pedestrian in the moments before the collision happened and the collision itself, to contact us.
We’re also asking motorists passing through for any dashcam footage that may have captured the wagon, the pedestrian or the collision on camera.
Anyone who can help is asked to email nicholas.simpson@northyorkshire.police.uk or call 101 and ask for Traffic Constable Nick Simpson.
Please quote reference 12240233773 when passing on information.
The road was closed to allow emergency services to attend to the casualty and for collision investigators to examine the scene. It reopened at around 11.45am.
Our thanks go to the local community for their assistance and patience whilst we investigated the scene and carried out collision investigation work.
The driver of the wagon was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by careless driving and driving whilst unfit through drugs following a positive roadside drugs wipe.
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