A 20-year-old woman has been left with "serious injuries" after a motorbike crashed into a group of pedestrians near a pub in Wiltshire.
The incident, which took place at 10.30pm on Friday, July 25, saw one motorcyclist collide with multiple pedestrians on Bath Road near The Bear Wetherspoons pub in Melksham.
Wiltshire Police and the South Western Ambulance Service rushed to the scene, sending two ambulances, an operations officer and a critical care car.
In total, three individuals were rushed to hospital to be treated for injuries, with one other receiving care at the scene.
One of the pedestrians, a 20-year-old woman, has been described as having sustained "serious injuries", while two further pedestrians and the rider of the motorcycle, a 20-year-old man, were treated for minor injuries.
A spokesperson for the police force said: "We responded to reports of a road traffic collision involving multiple pedestrians and a motorcycle on Bath Road, Melksham, near to The Bear pub.
"A 20-year-old woman sustained serious injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment. A further two pedestrians were treated for minor injuries.
"The vehicle was seized and an investigation into the incident is ongoing."
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A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service added: “We were called at 22.29hrs on Friday 25 July to a road traffic collision in Melksham.
"We sent three double-crewed land ambulances, an operations officer and a critical care car to the scene.
"We conveyed one patient by land ambulance to Southmead Hospital and two patients by land ambulances to Royal United Hospital.”
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