Police are urgently appealing for information following a road traffic collision on the A419 this morning.
At approximately 5.45am on the northbound carriageway there was a collision between a car and a pedestrian.
The pedestrian, a man, has suffered life-threatening injuries and has been taken to hospital.
Police are urgently appealing to identify the man who was struck by the car and are asking his next of kin to contact us.
The injured person is described as a white man, thought to be in his 20s, approximately 5 foot 9 inches tall, with dark black, wavy hair. He was wearing dark-coloured tracksuit bottoms and a light-coloured top.
Police are also appealing for anyone who may have witnessed this incident or have dash cam footage from that area at that time this morning.
Anyone who can help is asked to call 101 as a matter of urgency, quoting log 67 of today’s date (18/09).
The northbound carriageway of the A419 remains closed from junction 15 of the M4 while investigations continue.
