Woman rushed to hospital with serious injuries after Leyland crash

The road was closed for around four hours following the incident.

Author: Dan DaviesPublished 20th May 2021

Police are appealing for witnesses following a crash between a car and two pedestrians in Leyland.

The incident occurred at around 3pm on Tuesday, May 18th at the junction of King Street and Towngate, when a BMW 2 Series collided with a man and woman, both aged in their 50s.

The woman suffered serious head injuries and was taken to hospital, where she remains in a stable condition. Thankfully the male pedestrian suffered minor injuries.

The road was closed for around four hours while collision investigators attended.

Sgt Phil Baxendale, of the Lancashire Police TacOps team, said: "We are working hard to establish exactly what happened yesterday and are appealing to anybody who witnessed the collision, or saw either the BMW or the pedestrians in the moments before it occurred, to get in touch with us.

"Equally we would like to hear from anybody who has dashcam footage or CCTV footage showing the incident."

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