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Teignmouth man, 23, hit by car on Christmas Eve still in hospital with 'life-threatening' injuries

Local News by Will Goddard 30th Dec 2022  
Police vehicle (Devon and Cornwall Police)
Police vehicle (Devon and Cornwall Police)

A 23-year-old man from the Teignmouth area is still in hospital with "life-threatening" injuries after being hit by a car in Dolton (north of Okehampton) on Christmas Eve.

Police have issued a renewed witness appeal for the collision, which involved involved a grey Land Rover and the Teignmouth man as a pedestrian at about 11.50pm in Fore Street in the village.

A man in his 70s from the Torridge area was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, failing to stop after a road accident, failing to report a road accident, and drink driving.

He has been bailed until 20 March.

Officers investigating the collision are particularly keen to trace a man and a woman believed to have been in the area at the time.

Anyone who witnessed the collision, or has dashcam, CCTV footage or any other information is asked to contact police online here or by calling 101 and quoting log 873 of 24 December.

     

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