Woman hospitalised after Inverness hit-and-run

She was taken to hospital due to having a suspected leg fracture

Author: Liam RossPublished 17th Nov 2021

A woman was left needing hospital treatment following a hit and run in Inverness.

The 43-year-old was on Kintail Crescent, Hilton, when she was struck by a silver car which mounted the pavement on Sunday at around 1.20pm.

She was taken to hospital due to having a suspected leg fracture and has since been released.

Police say the car had a male driver and female passenger, which drove up Kintail Crescent and turned towards Oldtown Road.

Officers have been carrying out door-to-door enquiries and are checking CCTV footage from in and around the area for any additional information on the vehicle and occupants.

"Any small piece of info could prove significant."

Constable Paul Ross said: “I would urge anyone who believes they can assist us in identifying the car or who may have any other information that could help with our investigation to contact us.

"I would ask anyone with dash cam devices to check their footage as there could be images which could aid our enquiries.

"Any small piece of information could prove significant so please do pass it on.”

Anyone with information is asked to call Police Scotland via 101, quoting incident number 2409 of 14 November, 2021.

Alternatively, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 where information can be given anonymously.