Police appealing for witnesses following a suspected hit and run in Nantwich, want to contact two drivers who were in the area at the time of the incident.
The 61-year-old victim of the incident was found with serious injuries on London Road, close to The Leopard pub and Jackson Avenue, at around 9.10pm on Friday September 8.
The man, who lives locally, was at the side of the road and taken to Royal Stoke Hospital with serious head injuries. He remains in hospital.
It is believed he was hit by a car which failed to stop at the scene.
Officers are keen to hear from any witnesses or those with dashcam footage, and are now looking to speak to the drivers of two vehicles which drove past the area around the time of the incident.
These include a silver Ford Focus and a dark-coloured vehicle with a grey roof box, which both travelled along Newcastle Road and London Road, past the Leopard public house.
Sgt Darren Owen, of the Cheshire Police Roads and Crime Unit said: “Our investigation is ongoing and we are continuing to appeal for witnesses and those with dashcam footage to come forward.
“We know a number of motorists stopped at the scene and we have now identified two vehicles which we believe may have been in the area at the time of the incident and could hold vital information.
“Anyone with any information or video footage is asked to call Cheshire Police on 101 quoting IML 1640397, or visit www.cheshire.police.uk/tell-us.
“We are also appealing directly to the drivers of the two vehicles to contact us.”
Dave. You are spot on. Nantwich is no longer a nice place in which to live. Frankly, it is horrible. Often, it is frightening. Residents of London Road (of which I am one) essentially park on one side of the road to enable cars to drive down at phenomenal speeds. It seems they are deliberately trying to kill us. The police are nowhere to be seen in the town. The only times we’ve ever seen them is during Covid (where did they all come from) and at PR exercises such as the Nantwich Show. Policing here is non-existent. Drug use is evident throughout the town, especially along London Road. Pubs and some residents of the same road play excessively loud music with no regard whatsoever for their neighbours. Indeed, it has become an awful place. Now, we are are faced with increasing violent crime (attacks on women at the lake and gangs roaming around). Our thoughts remain with our neighbour who we are truly worried about. In connection to the behaviour of motorists on London Road, the police and local authority ought to addressed this long ago, but clearly they are simply not interested in our safety at all.
What a sad indictment of this area, rather puts to bed the notion of what a lovely place it is, maybe it once was, but certainly in recent years the entitlement of some has crept in poisoning what used to be a lovely area to live. I recently moved out to Newcastle, there the entire street as you pass say hello, I was amazed, they never did that here. Someone will know what happened to this lovely guy, lying in a hospital bed, someone is living with this person think back to that evening, there will be clues to pick up, the car will be marked, does a garage mechanic think an explanation is off? Workmates may see a change? Was the driver drinking doing drugs who knows. But to the person who did this knows and should come forward or stay in the shadows the coward they are. It’s a shame the driver did not speed through the level crossing on red, as the number plates are captured, generally 90 people a month are caught, time we addressed the race track mentality of drivers on that road, there have been plenty of warnings of speeding over years epic fail day has arrived