A Warwick man has been arrested for allegedly misleading police officers investigating a crash which has left a young man in hospital with "life-threatening injuries".

The 37-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, as was a 60-year-old woman from Leamington, who has also been arrested on suspicion of obstructing a police officer. 

A 34-year-old man from Leamington has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving following the collision with a pedestrian which reportedly took place in Ettington Road, Wellesbourne on 14 December.

At 9.30pm on Thursday, a young male in his 20s was reportedly hit by a white Volkswagen Golf (registration BT13 ENR) outside of a pub on Bridge Street in Wellesbourne.

The white Volkswagen Golf was allegedly overtaking another unknown vehicle before colliding with the victim, carrying them on their roof around 450 metres before they reportedly fell off near a shop down the road.

Warwickshire Police said the victim from the collision remains in hospital with serious injuries.

Neither car stopped at the scene.

Following inquiries, the 34-year-old man from Leamington was arrested on Friday 15 December at around 4:30pm.

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All three arrested people are currently on bail pending further investigation. 

A Warwickshire Police appeal said: "If you have any information or footage (dashcam, CCTV, or other) that could help us with our investigation, particularly regarding the movement of the VW Golf (registration BT13 ENR) or any associated vehicles, contact us at www.warwickshire.police.uk/report, on 101, or by calling CrimeStoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 citing Incident 319 of 14 December."