Nelson accident pensioner ‘critical’

9:07am Wednesday 12th September 2012 in News

A PENSIONER knocked down outside Morrison’s supermarket in Nelson on Friday is in a life-threatening condition in hospital.

The 75-year-old, from Burnley, was struck by a Vauxhall Astra in a low-speed collision in Pendle Street just before 2pm.

The man had got up from the collision and was reported to be fine but, after being taken to hospital, it was discovered he had suffered head injuries when he hit the road.

Doctors found a blood clot and the man is now described as being ‘critical’ at Royal Preston Hospital.

Comments (3)

10:18am Wed 12 Sep 12

Enlightened Patriot says...

Best wishes to the injured gentleman. Hope you pull through ok and get well soon. It is a very busy area round there on Mosque day which I try to avoid on Fridays for that reason.
Best wishes to the injured gentleman. Hope you pull through ok and get well soon. It is a very busy area round there on Mosque day which I try to avoid on Fridays for that reason. Enlightened Patriot

10:25am Wed 12 Sep 12

Rose Rouge says...

Hopefully this gentleman will be able to pull through with no ill effects.

However, a lot of the traffic problems in this area are not as a result of the mosque, but of the extremely poorly planned Morrison's car park. The location of the first crossing means that traffic queues right back to the roundabout at busier times causing traffic delays and accidents. Morrison's should give some serious thought to re-routing traffic so that the crossings do not cause delays / queueing in the future.
Hopefully this gentleman will be able to pull through with no ill effects. However, a lot of the traffic problems in this area are not as a result of the mosque, but of the extremely poorly planned Morrison's car park. The location of the first crossing means that traffic queues right back to the roundabout at busier times causing traffic delays and accidents. Morrison's should give some serious thought to re-routing traffic so that the crossings do not cause delays / queueing in the future. Rose Rouge

9:42pm Wed 12 Sep 12

Enlightened Patriot says...

Just to offer my condolences to the family of this gentleman who I just learned had been my neighbour's GP. R.I.P.
Just to offer my condolences to the family of this gentleman who I just learned had been my neighbour's GP. R.I.P. Enlightened Patriot

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