Man dies after being hit by car at Prees Green

An elderly man died after he was hit by a car on the A49 in north Shropshire. Emergency services said the incident happened on a stretch of the road in Prees Green, near Whitchurch, on Saturday morning. An elderly man died after he was hit by a car on the A49 in north Shropshire. Emergency services said the incident happened on a stretch of the road in Prees Green, near Whitchurch, on Saturday morning. The pedestrian, who has not been named, was being given CPR by two off-duty midwives when ambulance crews arrived after he had a heart attack. ­He also had a serious head injury. The man was airlifted to University Hospital North Staffordshire, in Stoke-on-Trent, but was declared dead at the hospital.

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An elderly man died after he was hit by a car on the A49 in north Shropshire. Emergency services said the incident happened on a stretch of the road in Prees Green, near Whitchurch, on Saturday morning.

The pedestrian, who has not been named, was being given CPR by two off-duty midwives when ambulance crews arrived after he had a heart attack. ­He also had a serious head injury.