Witness appeal after crash involving Police van and moped in Preston
18 year old moped rider remains in hospital with pelvic injury
Lancashire Police are appealing for witnesses and footage following a serious collision in Preston.
At 11pm yesterday (June 11) a moped was involved in a collision with a police van on Blackpool Road at the junction with Plungington Road. The police van was travelling to an unrelated emergency call at the time.
The rider of the moped, an 18-year-old man from Preston, suffered a serious pelvic injury and remains in hospital at this time. He was initially arrested at the scene on suspicion of drug-driving but was later de-arrested pending further enquiries.
Nobody else was injured.
A mandatory referral has been made to the IOPC, which is standard practice with cases such as this.
The road was closed for several hours for investigation work. It has since re-opened.
Sgt David Hurst, of our Road Policing Team, said: “This collision has left a man seriously injured and we are working to establish the full circumstances of what caused the collision.
“I would ask any witnesses or anyone with CCTV or dashcam footage which could assist our enquiries to contact police.” Hear all the latest news from across the UK on the hour, every hour, on Greatest Hits Radio on DAB, smartspeaker, at greatesthitsradio.co.uk, and on the Rayo app.