A SECOND accident happened in Lady Lane within hours of a 25-year-old man being struck in a hit and run incident.

A lorry and a four-wheel drive vehicle were involved in a collision at 9am yesterday.

Hours before, Paul Boden had been rushed to Great Western Hospital after being dragged along the road by a hit- and-run driver.

No one was injured in the second incident but police closed the road in one direction while the two vehicles were towed away.

The road was re-opened about 1pm.

Lorry driver Tom Redmond had just left a building site near Lady Lane when the accident happened.

He said: "It all happened very quickly."

Nearby resident Sue Ottley, of The Beeches, said: "I heard a loud bang at about 9am and came out to see what had happened."