A 14-year-old girl is in a critical condition after being hit by a suspected drink driver.
Emergency services rushed to the incident in Yatton Keynell at around 12:14am on Friday, August 15, following a crash between a vehicle and pedestrian.
It is believed that the teenager was hit by a car in The Street, near Home Fields.
She was rushed to Bristol Children’s Hospital by land ambulance with life-threatening injuries.
A man in his 30s from Wick in Gloucestershire has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving and causing injury by dangerous driving.
The road remains closed in both directions between Biddestone Lane and Church Farm while forensic collision investigation work takes place.
A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) said: “We were called at 00:14hrs on Friday 15 August to a road traffic collision in Yatton Keynell.
“We sent one double-crewed land ambulance, an air ambulance, and two operations officers to the scene. We conveyed one patient by land ambulance to hospital.”
A Wiltshire Police spokesperson said: “A 14-year-old girl sustained life-threatening injuries after being struck by a car in the High Street, Yatton Keynell at about 12.15am in the early hours this morning.
“She is currently receiving hospital treatment and her of kin have been informed.
“The driver, a man in his 30s from Wick in Gloucestershire was arrested on suspicion of drink driving and causing injury by dangerous driving.
“He is currently in police custody.
“Any witnesses to the collision or anyone with dash cam footage is asked to contact the serious collision investigation team on 01225 694597 quoting log number 006 of today’s date (15/08) or email SCIT@wiltshire.police.uk.”
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