Urgent appeal for witnesses following fail to stop collision in Maghull

**UPDATE – 2PM WEDNESDAY 27^TH DECEMBER**

Officers investigating a fail to stop collision in Maghull this morning have arrested a 49 year-old man from the Southport area. A car has also been recovered.

The man has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, failing to stop at the scene of a road traffic collision and failing to report a road traffic collision. He is currently in custody.

An investigation into the collision remains ongoing.

We are continuing to appeal for anyone who was driving along Northway at around 6.55am this morning to check their dash cam to see if they captured the collision or the movements of a Skoda Octavia either before or afterwards.

Anyone with information is asked to DM @MerPolCC, contact SCIU on (0151) 777 5747, or email [email protected] 

ORIGINAL

We are urgently appealing for witnesses following a fail to stop collision in Maghull this morning, Wednesday 27^th December.

We were contacted at 6.55am following reports a cyclist had been in collision with car on Northway, close to the Shell petrol station.

The car, believed to be a Skoda Octavia, failed to stop at the scene and enquiries are ongoing to trace the driver.

The male cyclist, who is in his 50s, has been taken to hospital with life threatening injuries.

Road closures are currently in place in the surrounding area while an investigation into the collision remains ongoing.

Detective Sergeant Kurt Timpson, from Merseyside Police Serious Collision Investigation Unit (SCIU), said: “We are making an urgent appeal to trace the driver of a car which failed to stop at the scene of a road traffic collision in Maghull this morning.

“We believe the car, a Skoda Octavia, with a plate between 2004 and 2013, would have suffered noticeable damage and we would ask for the public’s help in tracing its movements following the collision.

“Anyone who has seen the car, captured its movements on a dash cam, or know where it is now is asked to contact us as a matter of urgency.”

Anyone with information is asked to DM @MerPolCC, contact SCIU on (0151) 777 5747, or email [email protected] 

Following the initial collision, a roads policing officer who was on foot in attendance at the scene was in collision with a Ford Kuga. The driver of the car, a man in his 60s, has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and driving while unfit through drugs. The male police officer has been taken to hospital for treatment for his injuries which are not thought to be life-threatening.