Appeal after man is seriously injured in collision in Pilling

Tuesday, 31 December 2024 14:43

By Central Radio News

Police are appealing for witnesses and footage after a man suffered serious injuries in a collision in Pilling over the weekend.

Officers were called at 10.13am on Saturday (28^th December) to Lancaster Road at the junction with Taylors Lane, Pilling, to a report of a road traffic collision.

When they attended, they found that a Jaguar X-Type car had left the road and collided with a workshop building.

The driver of the Jaguar, a man in his 80s, was taken to hospital and is in a serious condition.

Police want anyone who witnessed the collision or has dashcam/CCTV footage from the area around the time it happened, to contact them.

Please contact 101, quoting log 0332 of 28^th December 2024, or email the Serious Collision Investigation Unit at SCIU@lancashire.police.uk

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