Appeal for witnesses following road traffic incident in Portsmouth

Officers are appealing for witnesses and information following a collision involving a car and a pedestrian in Portsmouth.

We received a report that at around 5:45pm on Tuesday 7 October, four teenagers were walking along the pavement on Havant Road in the direction of Cosham. As they crossed the junction with East Cosham Road, a green Kia Sportage is reported to have collided with a teenage girl before driving off at speed.

The girl suffered minor injuries to her leg during the incident.

Officers would like to speak to anyone who witnessed this incident or has any relevant information, including CCTV, doorbell or dashcam footage from the area around the time of the incident.

If you have any information which could assist our investigation, please report this to us by calling 101 and quoting reference number 44250454552. You can also submit information to us online here: https://www.hampshire.police.uk/tua/tell-us-about/cor/tell-us-about-existing-case-report/

Alternatively, you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers 100% anonymously on 0800 555 111, or via their anonymous online form at crimestoppers-uk.org