A MAN has been arrested and a woman taken to hospital following a collision in Ludgershall on Tuesday evening (April 19).

Police were called to reports of a road traffic collision at about 9.30pm, involving a car driver and a pedestrian in Drovers View, Ludgershall.

Nearby residents reported seeing a police cordon blocking off the area.

The female pedestrian was taken to hospital to be treated for serious but not life threatening injuries.

A 19-year-old man was arrested shortly afterwards on suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent and drug driving. He is currently in police custody.

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A Wiltshire Police spokesperson said: “We would like to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the incident or captured dash cam footage of what took place.”

A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) added: “We were called at 21.15hrs on Tuesday 19 April to an incident in Ludgershall.

“We sent a critical care car and a double-crewed land ambulance and conveyed one patient to hospital by land ambulance”.

Anyone with information should contact police on 101 quoting log 54220040008.

Alternatively, you can leave information by calling Crimestoppers 100 per cent anonymously on 0800 555111.

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