Appeal for witnesses following road traffic incident in Luton

We are appealing for witnesses following a road traffic collision in Luton town centre in the early hours of Saturday morning (4 April).

The incident, which left three people seriously injured, one potentially life changing, happened shortly after 1:45am on Manchester Street. A silver Vauxhall Astra was involved in a collision with a large wooden planter in the pedestrianised area which subsequently caused injury to the three men.

Two men fled the vehicle and left the scene.

Sergeant Dan Cook, from Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Road Policing Unit, said, “This was a dreadful incident which has left one man with potentially life-changing injuries and two others seriously injured.

“We are appealing to anyone who may have CCTV or dashcam footage that could assist our investigation to come forward. Please report online or call via 101 quoting Op Aspen.”

A 19-year-old man has since been arrested and charged with several driving offences and was remanded into custody before appearing in court yesterday (Tuesday 7 April).