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We are continuing to appeal for information following a serious road traffic collision involving a pedestrian and a car in Walton yesterday evening, Thursday 1 February.
At around 10.30pm, it was reported that a dark-coloured Volvo was involved in a collision with a 15-year-old male pedestrian on Walton Vale, near the junction with Warbreck Avenue.
Following the collision, three males who were all wearing dark clothing exited the car, were joined by another male and they all fled the scene on foot, one down Cedar Road and three down Grace Road.
It was further reported that these males were armed with machetes and that they had been involved in an altercation with the injured male prior to the road collision.
Emergency services attended the scene and the 15-year-old male has been taken to hospital for treatment to his injuries. He remains in a critical but stable condition.
We are appealing for witnesses, CCTV and dash camera footage which may assist the investigation.
We are aware that people were stood outside by The Cove Bar and The Raven Public House at the time of the incident, who may have witnessed the incident, and we urge them to please contact us as soon as possible.
Detective Inspector Mike Fletcher said: “Our enquiries are ongoing but we believe there was some sort of altercation involving the injured male and the four males in the car prior to the collision taking place.
“We are determined to find the four males who were in the car after they fled the area on foot.
“I also ask local businesses and homeowners with CCTV and doorbell to check their systems to see if it has captured footage of the dark-coloured Volvo driving past. Likewise we ask motorists who were in the area at that time to review their dashcam as any help we receive, no matter how small could assist our investigation.”
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact @MerPolCC on Twitter or ‘Merseyside Police Contact Centre’ on Facebook quoting log number 1125 of 1st February.
You can also call 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously on 0800 555 111.