Pedestrian loses leg after being left for dead in ‘horrendous hit-and-run’
A pedestrian had their leg torn off and left in the middle of the road in a ‘hit-and-run’ crash in Bradford.
Footage shows someone lying near a Pelican crossing on Halifax Road in Buttershaw, Bradford, as a group of men rush to their aid around 8pm yesterday.
The severed lower leg can be seen just metres away left in the middle of the road.
Images posted on X show police cordoning off the crossing which was near a Tesco supermarket.
Debris, including a shoe, can be seen gathered inside the cordon.
A forensics team can also be seen arriving at the scene.
Locals said the crash was ‘horrendous’.
West Yorkshire Police have been contacted for comment.
In London a 16-year-old girl was rushed to hospital yesterday after being hit by a police car.
The incident happened on Bow Road outside the Central Foundation Girls’ School at 12.55pm yesterday.
A local resident, who did not wish to be named, told Metro.co.uk that the area between Mile End Tube station and Central Foundation Girls’ School on Bow Road was taped off.
They said: ‘Dozens of people had stopped to watch the commotion.
‘There were at least three Met Police cars at the scene.
‘There was definitely a sense of confusion about what had happened.’
A spokesperson for the Met said: ‘At about 12.55pm on Monday, September 16, a marked police vehicle was involved in a collision with a female pedestrian in Bow Road, Bow.
‘The London Ambulance Service (LAS) was called and the female – aged 16 – was assessed by paramedics at the scene.’
‘She was taken to hospital by LAS for further assessment and we await an update on her condition.’
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