A PEDESTRIAN who sustained “serious” head injuries in a collision with a car at the weekend has been flown to Southampton hospital.
The States police and Jersey Ambulance Service attended the incident – on La Route Du Fort near the junction with Beach Road in St Saviour – in the early hours of Sunday morning, following reports that a car had collided with a pedestrian at around 2.15am.
In an appeal for information, the force said a 26-year-old man sustained “serious” head injuries and was treated at the scene by paramedics before being transported to hospital.
He was flown to Southampton yesterday afternoon and a police spokesperson said this morning that the man’s condition “remains stable”.
A 58-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury through careless driving.
The police spokesperson said that the individual had been released on bail but not yet charged.
The road was closed for four hours on Sunday to allow collision investigators to record the scene and was reopened at around 6.15am.
Any properties with private CCTV along the section of road on La Route Du Fort, anyone who witnessed the collision or anyone driving in the area at the time with dash cam footage that could assist the police with their enquires is being asked to call the police on 612612, selecting option 3, option 4 or to call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or via their anonymous online form at Crimestoppers-uk.org.
