A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a crash on Abbotsbury Road on Tuesday evening.

Detectives investigating a hit-and-run in Weymouth have made a second arrest.

Dorset Police received a report at 8.26pm on Tuesday, July 16, of a collision involving a car and two pedestrians on Abbotsbury Road, near to the junction with Cromwell Road.

It was reported that the car involved – a black Volkswagen Golf – failed to stop at the scene.

One of the pedestrians, a man aged in his 20s, was taken to hospital for treatment to serious injuries. The second pedestrian, a man aged in his 30s, did not sustain any serious injuries.

The crash caused Abbotsbury Road in Weymouth to close for Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

Police, paramedics and the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance were all called to the scene.

Forensics teams searched the road on Wednesday morning.

Following enquiries, 24-year-old Leon Fowler from Weymouth was arrested and charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent, attempting to cause grievous bodily harm, assault, driving a motor vehicle dangerously, failing to stop after a road accident and failing to report a road accident.

He appeared at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court on Friday, July 19 and is next due to appear at Bournemouth Crown Court on Thursday, August 22.

Following further investigative work by detectives, a 59-year-old man from Weymouth has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.