A PEDESTRIAN has been sent to hospital following a car crash in West Reading over the weekend.

The car crash took place on the junction between Grovelands Road and Drayton Road, Reading, on Saturday, September 4, leading to the pedestrian requiring hospital treatment.

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A 19 year old man from Reading was arrested at the time and has since been released under investigation.

The pedestrian remains in hospital during this time.

A spokesman for South Central Ambulance Service said: "We received a call at 23:37 to reports of a patient who’d been hit by a car.

Reading Chronicle:

"We sent to the scene an ambulance crew, ambulance officer, and the critical care cars from both the Hampshire and Isle of Wight and the Thames Valley Air Ambulance.

"They were assessing and treating one patient for serious injuries.

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"Following treatment at the scene by all our crews the patient was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital accompanied by the air ambulance crew."

A spokesman for Thames Valley Police said: "A 19-year-old man from Reading was arrested and has subsequently been released under investigation.

"The victim is in hospital in a stable condition at this time."