Man Charged Following Collision Which Left Pedestrian With Serious Injuries

A man has appeared in court charged with a number of offences following a collision which left a pedestrian with serious injuries.

Shortly after 10pm on Thursday 22nd June police were called by the ambulance service to a report of a collision involving a pedestrian and a car on New Road in Glyn Ceiriog.

Officers attended and the pedestrian, a 21-year-old local man, was taken to hospital by ambulance with serious injuries. He has since been transferred to hospital in Stoke but is believed to be in a stable condition.

A short while after the collision was reported police arrested the driver, 35-year-old Shaun Hayden Poole, who is local to the area.

He has since been charged with offences including fail to provide, using a motor vehicle with no insurance, fail to stop and causing serious injuries by dangerous driving. He was remanded to appear before court today.

Police continue to appeal to anybody who may have witnessed the collision, or to anybody who may have information that could assist the investigation, to contact officers at the Roads Policing Unit on 101, quoting reference number V092672.