Man arrested after taxi hits Grangetown pedestrian

9:36pm Saturday 4th July 2009

By Andrew Douglas

A 35-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested after a pedestrian was struck by a taxi in Grangetown, Middlesbrough, in the early hours of today.

A spokesman for Cleveland Police said that a 46-year-old man was hit by a Skoda taxi in Leighton Road, near its junction with Birchington Avenue, at 12.45am.

The pedestrian, who was taken to hospital, suffered serious leg injuries.

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