Dewsbury: Police appeal after driver suffers serious injuries in crash

Police investigating a crash in Dewsbury which left a driver with serious injuries are appealing for witnesses to come forward.

The crash occured at just before 11am yesterday (January 9) and involved a Citroen Xantia and a Toyota Yaris at the junction of the B6117 Slaithwaite Road and Overthorpe Road in Thornhill Lees.

The Xantia driver, a man in his eighties, was taken to hospital for further treatment.

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The junction of Slaithwaite Road and Overthorpe Road. | Google

Anyone who witnessed the collision, or what happened prior to it is asked to contact our Roads Policing Unit on 101, or by using the livechat facility on our website, quoting log 459 of 9 January.

Anyone with footage which may assist this investigation is also asked to make contact.

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