Passenger falls from moving car

8:50am Saturday 21st November 2009

By John Hoskins

A CAR passenger was seriously injured in a bizarre accident in Eastleigh early today.

A 39-year-old woman from the Freemantle, Southampton, stopped her green Vauxhall Astra after she had seen a man in Stoneham Way at about 12.30am.

He got into the vehicle but almost immediately fell out.

The woman called the emergency services and an ambulance took the victim, a 32-year-old man from Shirley, to hospital where he is being treated for serious injuries.

Police stress the woman has not been arrested and is regarded as a witness.

They are urging anyone with information about the incident to call the Totton Roads Policing Unit on 0845 045 4545, quoting Operation Equity.

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