SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Council worker injured after being hit by a car

POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a hit and run incident in Somerton in which a council worker was hit by a car.

The incident took place at approximately 3pm last Friday (March 3, 2017) on the B3151 at Littleton.

South Somerset District Council workers were conducting mobile drain clearance with the use of ‘stop/go’ signs when a vehicle collided with another vehicle.

The car, described as a muddy black coloured short wheelbase 4x4, drove into the rear of a white van causing damage.

The driver then performed a U-turn and drove off – hitting one of the council workers in the process.

He suffered minor injuries to his chest and back as a result of the collision.

The 4x4 is likely to have suffered damage to the front of it.

Anyone with information, or has dashcam footage of the incident, should call us now on 101 and quote crime reference number 5217048657.

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