Did you see incident in Lower Stone Close?

The police have issued an appeal for witnesses and information after a car failed to stop at the scene of a crash in which a 72-year-old man came off his motorbike.

It happened just after 8pm on Wednesday 23 2014 in Lower Stone Close, Frampton Cotterell. A motorcyclist had to swerve to avoid a car coming towards him, coming off his motorbike. Thankfully the gentleman was not injured, but the car hit his motorbike, causing damage.

The incident was reported to police the following day, Thursday 24 July, when officers were alerted by the fire service to a similar car which had been found burnt out in Box Hedge Lane, Coalpit Heath.

The police would be very interested to hear from anyone who saw either of the vehicles involved in the collision – a silver Volvo and a black and orange Triumph Trident – in the area around the time of the crash or who may have seen a vehicle being abandoned and set alight.

If you have information, contact the police online or by calling 101 quoting collision report reference 2014/5019. Officers have carried out door-to-door enquiries in the surrounding area and reviewed local CCTV.