Two arrested after hit-and-run in Bristol

Officers were called to Bedminster Down Road

Author: Grace O'HarePublished 28th Nov 2024

Two people are being questioned by police after a stolen van hit a pedestrian in Bristol.

Officers were called to Bedminster Down Road at around 11.30am yesterday (27 November) following a collision between a van and a pedestrian.

The victim, a man, is being treated in hospital after the incident.

The van had been reported as stolen and was later recovered by officers abandoned.

Enquiries were carried out to identify the person driving it.

A 31-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man, have been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, theft of a motor vehicle and for failing to stop at the scene of a collision.

The man was further arrested on suspicion of theft from a motor vehicle, possession of a bladed article and being in possession of a suspected Class A drug.

Police are appealing for witnesses.

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