POLICE have arrested a man on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a crash between a HGV and a car hospitalised an elderly motorist.

Cumbria Police was called at 11.41am to the report of a two-vehicle road traffic collision on Park Road, Barrow.

The crash involved a HGV and a Chevrolet Cruze. 

A man in his 80s was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

A 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. He remains in police custody.

Anyone with information relating to this incident can report online at www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it , quoting incident number 101 of 27 June 2024. You can also phone on 101.

Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.