A pedestrian has been struck by a car in Sandown this evening (New Year’s Eve), leading to a large emergency response and several road closures.
Police and paramedics are currently on scene at Avenue Road, at the roundabout junction with High Street, where a male is understood to have been run over.
The incident occurred at just before 17:35.
Island Echo is told that the casualty – who appeared to be intoxicated – took up position in the middle of the road before then being hit by a grey Nissan Qashqai, which was travelling across the roundabout from the Esplanade direction.
Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service – including a critical care paramedic and a senior officer – are tending to the male with assistance from retained firefighters from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service.
Police have closed High Street, Avenue Road, Culver Parade and Victoria Road to all traffic with motorists and buses being diverted locally.
Southern Vectis buses Routes 2, 3 and 8 buses are diverting via Broadway.
UPDATE @ 18:27 – 1 person – a male pedestrian – has been rushed to St Mary’s Hospital under blue lights.
His injuries are said to be serious.
Cordons have been put in place on all junctions approaching the roundabout as on scene examinations get underway.
Officers are awaiting a condition update from the hospital to establish the next stages of the investigation.
It’s understood Police had been responding to reports of a male running in and out of the traffic prior to the collision occurring.
UPDATE @ 21:59 – Island Echo understands the pedestrian has been airlifted to Southampton General Hospital by the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, indicating the severity of the injuries he has sustained.
Roads remain closed.
UPDATE @ 00:55 New Year’s Day – All road closures have now been lifted following the conclusion of on scene investigations.
UPDATE @ 10:53 – Police have confirmed that a 73-year-old pensioner has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Read more at https://www.islandecho.co.uk/pensioner-arrested-as-pedestrian-mowed-down-and-seriously-injured-in-sandown/.
Yep that would do it…
Doesn’t surprise me the way vehicles speed up the
High Street and Beachfield Road.
It’s about time IW Council installed speed humps along
these roads.
THERE IS NO LAW AND ORDER, we pay our Council Tax
which to be honest is one of the most expensive in the
country.
Install speed Camera’s too.
Will our roads ever be safe!, I don’t think so.
Apparently he was running in and out of the road between parked cars intoxicated before being struck by a travelling car crazy behaviour but hope he makes it
I Feel sorry for the driver. I can Imagine what he must be going through, with eye tests, drink tests, MOT, tax, insurance checks, and all because he beats some waste of space piss head ass over head who is deliberately playing swill chicken with the cars. The government thinks the world of this low life, and will be paying it more and more free handouts through out the coming year, while prioritizing it over pensioners heating allowances
I will never forgive this Government for cutting the
Winter fuel allowance. I paid in all my life and
this is how they repay us.
Shocking
Give it a rest. You lost, get over it
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I knew they would arrest the driver. How the f is it HIS fault if some snot/swill runs out in front of him? How the f is it dangerous driving? This is siding with a low life drunk and dissorderly scum waster.
Because as a driver you are expected to be aware of all that is around you
Bullshite. if plod had been doing a proper job, this piss head would have been arrested for being drunk and disorderly and a threat to the public. Nothing to do with drvers
True, but the way the country is run
the motorist is always too blame.
“Unless’
Same rules don’t apply when Royal motorcades
run someone over, like they did in May 2023
when an 81 year old sadly got struck by a plod
Motorcyclist and later died in Hospital.
Rules only apply to Joe Public
Happy New Year
Good. Serves the drunk right for sitting in the middle of the road. Can we now prosecute him for causing a deliberate hazard to road users. If he comes out of hospital he should be arrested immediately, just like the elderly driver was!
They nicked the driver because it would be easier to process a prosicution rather than nick the piss head for causing a hazard, plus all the do gooders will be siding with him. What’s the betting the piss head tries to claim some sort of compensation off the driver and he will be rewarded some biass barrister at 2k an hour to get it all for free. It’s bloody sick how the low life is prioritized now over ordinary people these days. Why was he being paid so much free handouts that he could get so far off his face in the first place, while working people are getting screwed from evry posible direction. This year will be nothing but shit for us