Liverpool


A taxi driver has been arrested after a woman was seriously hurt when she was hit by his cab.


Police confirmed they are investigating the incident in Toxteth during the early hours of this morning.


Officers were called to Park Road, close to the junction with Dombey Street, at around 2.40am, following a report that a taxi and a woman had been in collision.


Patrols from the Matrix Serious Organised Crime Roads Policing Unit attended and found a 60-year-old woman with injuries to her head and pelvis.



She has been taken to hospital for treatment. Her condition is described by police as serious.

Police said the taxi driver initially stopped but is then believed to have left the scene.


A short time later, a 45-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, failing to stop following a collision and driving whilst unfit.



He has been taken to a police station to be questioned by officers.


Park Road was closed for a number of hours while collision investigators carried out work at the scene.


The road re-opened shortly after 7am.


An investigation into the incident is continuing.



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