Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage after a 52-year-old man was hit by a car and taken to hospital with serious chest injuries.  

At around 10pm on Friday police were called to a crash on Preston New Road outside the BP Petrol Station close to the junction of Montague Street.

A black BMW 3 Series car had been involved in a crash with a 52-year-old man from Blackburn, before careering into a fence on the petrol station forecourt.

The man suffered serious injuries to his chest and was taken to Royal Preston Hospital for treatment.

His injuries however, are not thought to be life-threatening.

The driver of the BMW, a 21-year-old man from Blackburn, was spoken to at the scene of the collision and will be re-interviewed in due course.

Officers are now keen to trace the BMW’s movements leading up to the collision and are particularly interested to speak to anyone who has any CCTV footage on Montague Street or Preston New Road towards Barbara Castle Way.

PC David Todhunter, of the police’s Tactical Operations Unit said: “We are appealing for information following a serious road traffic collision in Blackburn.

“A pedestrian has been left badly injured and we want to establish exactly what happened.

“We are keen to speak to any witnesses, or anyone with CCTV or dashcam footage which might show the scene.

“Please get in touch if you can help.”

Anyone with any information or footage please contact 101 or email 3730@lancashire.pnn.police.uk quoting log 1523 of October 9.