Suspected drink and drug driver arrested after Havant crash leaves pedestrian in hospital with serious head injuries

A man was rushed to hospital with serious head injuries after a crash in Havant yesterday evening.Â
An Air ambulance landed in Havant Park after the crash yesterday. Picture: Paul MartinAn Air ambulance landed in Havant Park after the crash yesterday. Picture: Paul Martin
An Air ambulance landed in Havant Park after the crash yesterday. Picture: Paul Martin

An air ambulance landed in Havant Park after the collision on Elmleigh Road and a 60-year-old pedestrian was flown to University Hospital Southampton. 

Police have arrested a 20-year-old ma on suspicion of drink and drug driving. He has been released under investigation. 

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A spokeswoman for Hampshire Constabulary said: '˜We were called to a collision on Elmleigh Road following a collision involving a Vauxhall Corsa and a pedestrian at 6.30pm.

An Air ambulance landed in Havant Park after the crash yesterday. Picture: Paul MartinAn Air ambulance landed in Havant Park after the crash yesterday. Picture: Paul Martin
An Air ambulance landed in Havant Park after the crash yesterday. Picture: Paul Martin
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'˜The 60-year-old male pedestrian suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital where he remains.

'˜The driver, a 20-year-old man, was uninjured.

'˜He was arrested on suspicion of driving when alcohol level above limit and driving a vehicle whilst unfit through drugs.

'˜He has been released and remains under investigation.

'˜Investigations are ongoing.'

A motorist who was stuck in traffic in Havant following the crash yesterday evening saw the air ambulance landing in the park. 

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Paul Martin, a Waterlooville resident, said: '˜It was just all bedlam around the Havant area. 

'˜I saw the air ambulance landing. I was coming back from work through Havant. I got held up at the traffic lights. 

'˜Traffic was not moving, the lights were going red, green, red, green and no one was moving. 

'˜I decided I'd turn into the nearby industrial estate and get a KFC because I couldn't go anywhere else really. 

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'˜Just as I exited my car, I saw the air ambulance. It was hovering over head and it landed in Havant park. 

'˜They had closed the roundabout for accident investigation. 

'˜I just hope and pray that it is not too serious. Best wishes to the person involved. 

A spokesman for South Central Ambulance Service added: '˜We received multiple 999 calls around 6.30pm yesterday reporting a collision between a car and a pedestrian at a roundabout on Elmleigh Road, Havant.

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'˜We sent a rapid response vehicle, an ambulance, an ambulance officer and the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance to the scene.

'˜The pedestrian was a 60-year-old male who had sustained a serious head injury.

'˜After treatment and stabilisation at the scene, he was then flown to the major trauma unit at University Hospital Southampton.'