Police keen to trace good Samaritan who came to aid of Northampton crash victim

Police want to find a good Samaritan who helped the victim of a collision in Northampton.

The mystery woman came the aid of a man after he had stumbled into the path of a passing vehicle in Main Road, Duston.

Officers believe she may be able to give them important information about what happened.

A spokesman for Northamptonshire Police said: "We are appealing to a potential witness of a road traffic collision to come forward.

"This incident happened at about 4pm on February 28 when a man near to a roundabout in Main Road fell down and was subsequently in collision with a passing vehicle.

"A woman is then then said to have helped the man up and officers are appealing to her to forward and tell them what she saw.

"We would ask this woman, or anyone else with information about the incident,to call us on 101 using incident number 20000110879."

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