Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Crash leaves girl with head injuries
A PEDESTRIAN was rushed to Ni newe l ls Hospita l this morning after a road accident at West Pitkerro Industrial Estate.
The incident happened at 7am across from Barlow Park, but there are no reports as yet of the extent of the injuries.
A police spokesman said: “The call came in at 7am and a vehicle was in collision with a pedestrian. We don’t have many more details as the incident is ongoing.”
The injured person is believed to be a woman.
A local businessman said they believed it was a female who had been knocked down, adding: “The police are in attendance, now there is an ambulance and a trauma unit.
“The road was closed off by about 7.15am. Everyone was dispersed after the ambulance arrived.
“As far as I am aware this is the first time this has happened here.”
An eyewitness suggested the casualty may have fallen from the cabin of a lorry parked in Barlow
Avenue and landed on the passing car.
Officers were seen to be closely examining a deep impact in the windscreen of a black Toyota Avensis parked at the side of the road.
The road was taped off shortly after 8am, with several police vehicles including an incident response van remaining behind the cordon.
Traffic was directed to the other entrance to the estate further down Baldovie Road. Another eyewitness said: “The road was taped off by police after a while. They were examining the black car, looking at the windscreen there’s a big dent.
“There were a couple of people hanging back behind the cordon – I think they were lorry drivers who might have been sitting in their trucks at the time and might have seen something.
“I hope the person involved is alright.”