Man in his 30s hospitalised after being hit by car near Blackpool's Stanley Park

Emergency services were called to a collision involving a pedestrian and a car in North Park Drive at around 10am on Tuesday (June 21).

A man in his 30s was taken to hospital for treatment, a spokesman for North West Ambulance Service later confirmed.

The road was closed following the incident, with an air ambulance believed to be responding to the incident also spotted landing in the bowling green.

The severity of the man’s injuries were not disclosed by NWAS at the time of publication.