POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man was left seriously injured following an incident involving a van in Wotton-under-Edge on Saturday night.

Officers were called to High Street just after 9.25pm on Saturday by paramedics who were treating a 41-year-old man from Bristol for serious injuries.

A witness reported seeing a green Volkswagen Transporter van being driven the wrong way along a one way road in the centre of Wotton-under-Edge shortly before the incident.

Officers are investigating whether the injured man was pushed out of the van.

Two men, aged 24 and 27, and both from Bristol, were arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm shortly after the incident.

Another man, aged 18 and from Bristol, was arrested yesterday, Sunday, on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm in connection with the incident.

The three men remain in police custody at this time.

The injured man remains in hospital in a life threatening condition.

Anyone who witnessed the incident, or the van being driven before the incident, is urged to call 101, quoting incident 485 of September 13.