THAMES Valley police is appealing for witnesses following a serious road traffic collision in Caversham.
Just before 10.45am on Tuesday, December 6, a white BMW X5 collided with three other vehicles before leaving the road and colliding with a pedestrian on Church Street.
The driver of the BMW fled the scene on foot and the pedestrian was left with serious injuries.
The pedestrian was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, where he remains at this time.
The other vehicles involved were a grey Maserati, a Silver Vauxhall Mokka, and a white Mercedes box van.
A 37-year-old man from Reading has been arrested on suspicion of a number of offences, including causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving a motor vehicle dangerously, driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the limit, driving a vehicle when alcohol level above the limit, and failing to stop after a road accident.
He has been released on bail until 1 March 2023 while the investigation continues.
A 73-year-old man, also from Reading, was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and has also been released on bail.
Investigating officer PC Jessica Barker of the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, based at Three Mile Cross, said: “I am appealing to anybody who witnessed this collision to please contact Thames Valley Police either online via our dedicated portal for this incident or by calling 101, quoting reference number 43220548448.”
