Pedestrian seriously injured in collision in Bracknell

Police appeal for witnesses

Author: Jonathan RichardsPublished 10th Jan 2024

Police are appealing for witnesses following a road traffic collision in Bracknell in which a man has sustained life-changing injuries.

At approximately 7.30am on Tuesday (9/1), a silver Ford Moneo with ladders on its roof was involved in a collision with a male pedestrian, aged in his sixties, outside the Great Hollands shopping centre in the town.

The pedestrian sustained serious head and abdominal injuries and he was taken to hospital, where he remains at this time.

The driver of the Mondeo, a 40-year-old man from Bracknell was not injured, and has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by careless/inconsiderate driving, driving whilst unfit through drugs and driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit.

He has been released on bail until 1 April while investigations continue.

Investigating officer PC Matthew Ames-White of the Roads Policing Unit, based at Taplow, said:

“I’m appealing to anybody who witnessed this incident, or who may have dash-cam footage that has captured the collision or the moments leading up to it, to please contact Thames Valley Police.

“You can do so by making a report online or by calling 101, quoting reference 43240011854.”

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