Pedestrian, 39, suffers life-threatening injury in A1(M) accident near Pontefract
Police are appealing for witnesses and footage after a man was seriously injured in a collision on the A1(M) near Pontefract this morning.
It happened at about 4am today (Thursday) when a Volvo HGV was in collision with a pedestrian on the carriageway, close to Junction 40.
The pedestrian, a 39-year-old man, was taken to hospital with a head injury, which is said to be life-threatening.
Road closures which were previously in place in the area have now been lifted.
Anyone with information or footage that may assist this investigation is asked to contact the Roads Policing Unit on 101, or by using the livechat function on our website.
The log reference is 155 of 26 March.