Police are appealing for witnesses after a pensioner was hit by a bus in Sunderland, leaving him in a critical condition.
The man, aged 68, was struck by the bus on John Street at around 2pm on Wednesday (January 25). Emergency services responded and treated him at the scene before he was taken to hospital - where he remains in a critical but stable condition.
The bus driver helped police with their enquiries at the scene, but now officers are appealing for anyone who saw what happened to come forward.
Sergeant Michael Parnaby, of Northumbria Police’s motor patrols department, said: “This was a very serious collision which has left a man with serious, potentially life-threatening injuries. An investigation is now well under way to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident.
“We are urgently appealing to anyone who witnessed what happened or who may have relevant dash cam or CCTV footage to contact us immediately. If anyone has information which may assist our investigation, please get in touch.”
Witnesses or anyone with information that could help should contact Northumbria Police via the ‘Tell Us Something’ page on their website or by calling the non-emergency 101 line and quoting NP-20230125-0566.
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