Cheshire Police detectives are investigating after a Crewe van driver was involved in serious Cheshire crash, leaving an 89-year-old pedestrian in a "critical" condition.

At 9.30am on Saturday 5 September, police were called to reports of an incident on Hookstone Drive, Little Sutton.

Officers attended and found that there had been a collision between a pedestrian and a Mercedes Sprinter van which had been reversing.

The pedestrian, an 89-year-old local woman, sustained serious and was taken to the Countess of Chester Hospital; her condition is currently described as critical.

The driver of the van, a 34-year-old man from Crewe, was uninjured and is assisting police with their enquiries.

Detective Sergeant Amy Collision, of the Serious Collision Investigation Unit said: "Enquiries in relation to this incident are ongoing and I would urge anyone who witnessed what happened and has not already spoken to police to get in touch with us.

"The same goes for anyone with any relevant CCTV or dashcam footage from around the time of the incident."

Anyone with any information or footage is asked to contact Cheshire Police on 101 or at www.cheshire.police.uk/tell-us quoting IML 2411290.

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