A MIDDLE-AGED man has been taken to hospital with serious head and chest injuries after being knocked over by a car on Lendal Bridge tonight.
At about 7pm, the man was hit by one car and then a second car while he was on the ground.
He was treated at the scene by paramedics, but then taken to York Hospital by ambulance.
Police described the man as “very poorly”.
Lendal Bridge is currently closed to traffic and pedestrians while police collision investigators are still on scene. Blake Street was closed then reopened at about 7.20pm.
St Leonard’s Place is expected to remain closed until after 10pm with traffic being diverted onto Gillygate and Bootham.
Police said no one has been arrested in connection with the accident.
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