A man has been arrested following a hit and run incident that left a pedestrian with multiple injuries.

Wiltshire Police investigated after a car hit a pedestrian and failed to stop at 11.45am on Friday.

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A man in his 60s was later arrested on suspicion of grievious bodily harm with intent, causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving a vehicle which failed to stop after a road accident, failure to report an accident and using a vehicle without insurance.

He has since been released under investigation while enquiries continue.

A man in his 40s was hit by the car and suffered multiple injuries. He was taken to hospital but has since been discharged.

Anyone with information is asked to call 101 and quote crime reference number 54220100394.

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