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Pensioner in hospital after being hit by van

Chloe HarcombeWest of England
News imageGoogle A google maps street view of Poplar Road in Warmley. It is a residential street with houses on one side. There are many vehicles parked on driveways in front of the houses. The other side of the road there is a fence and hedges.Google
Emergency services were called to Poplar Way at 08:23 BST

A pedestrian in his eighties is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after being hit by a van.

Emergency services were called to Poplar Road in Warmley, South Gloucestershire, at 08:23 BST following the serious collision which involved a white Ford Transit van.

Avon and Somerset Police closed the road while investigations took place and re-opened it at around 13:00 BST.

Witnesses and people with relevant dashcam or CCTV footage of the incident are asked to contact the force.

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