Police have appealed for information after an 18-year-old was hit by a van in Leek over the weekend.

An air ambulance attended Broad Street on Saturday afternoon, and the pedestrian was taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital in a serious condition.

Police have now said they are investigating the incident, and asked anyone who may have any information to contact them.

A Staffordshire Police spokesperson said: "Officers were called to Broad Street, Leek, shortly after 3pm on Saturday following reports of a road traffic collision involving a car and a pedestrian.

"A teenage man was taken to hospital by colleagues at West Midlands Ambulance Service with serious injuries where he remains. Enquiries are ongoing."

Anyone with any information should contact the Staffordshire and West Midlands Serious Collision Investigation Unit at [email protected] quoting incident number 413 of March 13.