A PEDESTRIAN suffered a broken ankle and other leg injuries after a hit-and-run crash in Weston-super-Mare.

Police are tracing the driver of a vehicle that hit a man at the junction of Jubilee Road and Locking Road at around 10am on December 12.

The 37-year-old pedestrian was struck by a van and knocked into a metal bin, an Avon & Somerset Police spokesperson said, and “suffered leg injuries, including a broken ankle”.

“We’ve been carrying out enquiries into this incident but have not yet been able to identify the van or the driver,” they added.

The vehicle is described as a white panel van, with the partial registration number WN72. Following the collision the driver, a man, got out of the vehicle briefly before driving off, police said.

Anyone who can help trace the vehicle should contact police on 101 and give the reference number 5224407453.