Taxi driver arrested after pensioner suffers 'life-threatening' injuries in Leeds City Centre
Pensioner suffered life-threatening injuries
A taxi driver has been arrested after a pensioner suffered life-threatening injuries following a collision in Leeds last night.
West Yorkshire Police are today appealing for witnesses after the incident on King Street at the junction with York Place last night at about 11.30pm.
Officers were called by ambulance colleagues after the pedestrian, a man aged in his 70s, was in collision with a black Ford Tourneo taxi which was travelling along York Place and turning onto King Street.
Police said the pedestrian was taken to hospital to be treated for life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the taxi has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Officers are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the collision or the vehicle in the moments before the collision to contact West Yorkshire Police by calling 101 or go online at https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/LiveChat quoting reference 13260393414.