Woman seriously injured in hit and run in Blackpool Home Bargains car park

The woman, aged in her 50s, was rushed to hospital after she was knocked down in the store’s car park in Tyldesley Road, Blackpool around 5.30pm yesterday.

The car park was cordoned off while police and ambulance crews worked at the scene. The woman was taken to hospital where she remains, with police describing her condition as ‘serious but not-life threatening’.

The force said efforts are under way to trace the driver who made off from the car park.

A description of the vehicle has not been provided at this stage, and police have not said whether the woman is believed to have been hit deliberately or by accident.

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A police spokesperson said: “We were called by the ambulance service at shortly after 5.30pm yesterday (Thursday) to a report that a woman had been involved in a collision with a car in the car park at Home Bargains on Tyldesley Road, Blackpool.

“Officers attended and the woman pedestrian, in her 50s, was taken to hospital with serious but thankfully not life-threatening injuries.

“Enquiries are ongoing to trace the driver of the car involved and anyone with information should call 101 quoting log 1204 of June 27.”

A spokesperson for North West Ambulance Service added: “A woman in her 50s was taken to hospital to be treated for suspected serious injuries.”