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Date:Thursday, December 03,2015
Distribution: All Media

Car Collides With Pedestrian in Paget [Updated]

Around 5pm on Wednesday, December 2nd first responders were dispatched to a reported collision involving a car and a pedestrian on Rural Hill in Paget.

Details are limited at this time. However the injured pedestrian has been taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital via ambulance for treatment of a suspected head injury.

Traffic in the area has been reduced to one lane while inquiries into the collision are being conducted.

A further update will be provided when additional details are available.

8:30pm Update - The location of the Paget collision involving a car and a pedestrian that occurred around 5pm Wednesday, December 2nd has since been confirmed as South Road, near the junction with Inglewood Lane - which is in the vicinity of the south round-a-bout.

Initial information suggested that this incident happened in the Rural Hill area.

The injured pedestrian, believed to be a 52 year old visiting UK man, was apparently treated at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for a head laceration and a shoulder injury.

It is anticipated that he will be discharged from the hospital this evening.

There were traffic delays following the collision. However, that section of road has since been re-opened to two way traffic. Inquiries continue.


All incidents are under investigation. Police are appealing to members of the public who have witnessed these incidents or may have information pertaining to them to contact their respective Police Station, Police Headquarters at 295-0011 or the confidential Crimestoppers Hotline on 1 (800) 623-8477.

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