A Selby man has been seriously injured in a road accident while walking home along the A19.

The 35-year-old man, who has not yet been named, was walking with another man along the road between York and Escrick just before midnight on Wednesday.

They were heading towards Selby when the Selby man was struck by a grey Land Rover Discovery travelling towards York.

He suffered serious injuries to his head and chest, and broken legs in the accident, which happened in a lay-by near Deighton, south of the Happy Haddock Fish Shop.

Traffic Constable Grant Gibson, from the Tadcaster roads policing group, said: “There are two people I am urging to come forward.

“They are the taxi driver who dropped the men off at the lay-by and a woman who was driving south, past the lay-by, at the time of the collision.

“I urgently need to speak to both of them as they are vital witnesses to the incident.”

The injured man was taken by ambulance to York Hospital, where he remains in a very poorly but stable condition.

A spokesman for North Yorkshire Police confirmed the 65-year-old York man driving the Land Rover had not been arrested but had been interviewed.

Anyone who can help with the inquiry is asked to phone PC Gibson on 0845 6060247.