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Pedestrian 'thrown into the air' in hit-and-run

Google Street view image of a long straight road with houses at either side. To the left is the junction which turns onto Windsor Avenue.Google
The man had been walking on the pavement in Lincoln Road, Peterborough

A 24-year-old man was "thrown into the air" when he was hit by a car, police said.

The man was walking on the pavement along Lincoln Road in Peterborough, near the junction with Windsor Avenue, when he was hit by a dark-coloured Ford Puma.

He was taken to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries after the incident, which happened at 18:20 BST on 18 June.

Cambridgeshire Police said the driver failed to stop at the scene and appealed for witnesses or dashcam footage to help with the investigation.

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