POLICE in Irvine are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a 70-year-old man was left in a serious condition after he was knocked down by a van.
The incident took place early on Wednesday morning in the town's Broomlands Drive.
Emergency services attended and a 70-year-old man, who was a pedestrian, was taken to Crosshouse hospital to receive treatment for serious injuries. He remains in hospital where medical staff describe his condition as serious.
A 31-year-old man, who was driving a white Ford Transit van involved in the incident, was unharmed. No one else was injured as a result of this incident.
Sergeant Ian Thornton from the Divisional Road Policing Unit at Irvine, said today: “The investigation into the cause of the crash is continuing and I would urge anyone who witnessed it take place, or who saw the Ford Transit being driven in the local area shortly before the crash took place to contact us. Anyone with information that may assist our enquiry should contact road policing officers based at Irvine via 101.”
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