Police are appealing for witnesses after a pensioner was injured in a hit-and-run accident in Essex.

Bobbie Sharpe, 70, was hit by a dark-coloured people carrier in Darenth Lane, South Ockendon. The vehicle did not stop.

Mr Sharpe is recovering in Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, where he faces surgery on his foot.

No other details have been released.

Published Wednesday, January 22, 2003

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