'Hit-run' tragedy outside busy pub.Byline: BY ALAN WESTOIN Daily Post Staff PUB locals rushed to the aid of a fatally fa·tal·ly adv. 1. So as to cause death; mortally: fatally injured. 2. So as to result in disaster or ruin. 3. According to the decree of fate; inevitably. Adv. 1. injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. woman who was struck by a car in a hit-and-run. Customers were alerted by the sound of screeching brakes and a loud bang outside the Morris Dancers pub, in the village of Scarisbrick, near Southport. The victim, a 42-year-old woman, was found lying face down in Southport Road. Witnesses say she was struck by a Citroen C2 vehicle which had overtaken a number of cars waiting at the traffic-light controlled pedestrian A pedestrian is a person travelling on foot, whether walking or running. In modern times, the term mostly refers to someone walking on a road or footpath, but this was not the case historically. History Walking is the primary means of human locomotion. crossing. They said it appeared the driver of the silver-coloured vehicle failed to see the woman as she was crossing the road. The car then swerved, struck one of the traffic lights and lost a wheel in the impact, after which the two young men who were inside the vehicle ran off across the pub car park. Police later arrested two males, who were yesterday in custody. It is not known at this stage whether the vehicle they were driving was stolen. The female victim, who has not been named but is from the Scarisbrick area, suffered multiple injuries and was taken to Southport Hospital, where she later died. Paul Hancock, assistant manager at the Morris Dancers pub, who lives in a flat above the premises, described hearing a screeching noise followed by a loud bang at the time of the incident at 11.45pm on Saturday. He said: "I raced outside and saw the car dumped in the middle of the road. The airbags had been activated activated a state of being more than usually active. In biological systems this is usually brought about by chemical or electrical means. Commonly said of pharmaceutical and chemical products. and one of its wheels had come off. "There were still a lot of people in the pub and they went outside to check on the woman, who was lying face down in the road, but there was nothing they could do apart from call an ambulance. "Even though a wheel had come off the car, they tried to keep on driving. When they realised they couldn't, the two lads inside made a run for it through our car park and went straight over a big wire fence a fence consisting of posts with strained horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework, between. See also: Wire . "This has hit everyone quite hard. It is a very busy road outside the pub and cars frequently speed down it." Saw the car dumped in the middle of the road alanweston@dailypost.co.uk |
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