Stonehouse man flown to hospital with ‘potentially life threatening’ injuries after being hit by lorry
A 70-YEAR-OLD pedestrian was rushed to hospital with life threatening injuries after being hit by a lorry in Stonehouse.
The man suffered ‘potentially life threatening’ injuries in the collision which happened outside the Stonehouse Court Hotel, at 10am on Tuesday, police said.
The air ambulance attended the scene, but the man, from Stonehouse, was taken by road to Southmead Hospital in Bristol for treatment.
The A419 Bristol Road was closed between the Oldends Lane roundabout and the Horsetrough roundabout for about three hours.
Police are appealing for witnesses. Anyone with information is asked to call 101, quoting incident 95 of April 21 2015.
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