Teenage boy hospitalised after being struck by car in Portsmouth update

POLICE have given an update after a teenager was hospitalised when struck by a car in Portsmouth.

The boy collided with a VW Polo in Anglesea Road, at the junction with Queen Street, on October 24.

Police and paramedics from South Central Ambulance Service (Scas) were sent to the scene. Both southbound lanes had to be closed due to the collision.

The collision in Anglesea Road, at the Queen Street junction, Portsmouth. Picture: Google Street View.placeholder image
The collision in Anglesea Road, at the Queen Street junction, Portsmouth. Picture: Google Street View.

The pedestrian was treated at the scene and had to be taken to Queen Alexandra Hospital. He escaped with relatively minor injuries after suffering a shoulder injury.

A spokesman from Hampshire Constabulary said at the time: ‘We were to a report of a road traffic collision involving a VW Polo and a pedestrian on Anglesea Road in Portsmouth.

‘The teenage boy was taken to hospital to receive treatment for a shoulder injury.’

Now nearly two weeks on from the crash, police have confirmed no one has been arrested. And the force is not appealing to the public for information following the incident.

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