{"id":895631,"date":"2026-04-15T12:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/895631\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:09:16","slug":"man-in-hospital-after-being-hit-by-car-in-prescot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/895631\/","title":{"rendered":"Man in hospital after being hit by car in Prescot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The driver stopped at the scene<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police at the scene after a man was hit by a car in Prescot\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776254956_152_0_CaptureJPG.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Police at the scene after a man was hit by a car in Prescot\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Police at the scene after a man was hit by a car in Prescot(Image: Echo reader)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A man has been taken to hospital after he was hit by a car in <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/prescot\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Prescot<\/a>. At around 10.05am emergency services were called to the junction of High Street and Hope Street in <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"http:\/\/google.com\/search?q=liv+echo+prescot&amp;rlz=1C1GCCA_en&amp;oq=liv+echo+prescot&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBggAEEUYOzIGCAAQRRg7MggIARAAGBYYHjIICAIQABgWGB4yCAgDEAAYFhgeMggIBBAAGBYYHjIICAUQABgWGB4yBggGEEUYQDIGCAcQRRhA0gEIMjQ4N2owajSoAgCwAgA&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Prescot <\/a>after a man, in his 60s, was hit by a Hyundai.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/merseyside-police\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Merseyside Police<\/a> said the man has been taken to hospital to be assessed. The driver of the car stopped at the scene and is assisting police with enquiries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Pictures, shared with <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">the ECHO<\/a>, show emergency services at the scene. The red Hyundai appears to have a smashed windscreen. 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