A JOGGER has suffered serious injuries after being hit by a car in Ryedale.

North Yorkshire Police said a black Peugeot 206 was in collision with a male pedestrian on the road between Nunnington and Wombleton, at the junction with Muscoates Lane.

The crash happened at 8.20pm on Wednesday, September 23. A police spokesman said the car driver and passenger were uninjured, but the jogger, a 40-year-old man from Northern Ireland, was seriously injured.

A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said the man is in a critical condition at James Cook Hospital, and urged anyone who saw the crash, or the vehicle or pedestrian beforehand, to phone North Yorkshire Police on 101, email Paul.Long@northyorkshire.pnn.police.uk or phone Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.