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| Elderly dog-walker dies after Bruton hit-and-run | Elderly dog-walker dies after Bruton hit-and-run |
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| A Somerset dog-walker in his eighties has died from his injuries after he was struck by a vehicle which failed to stop. | |
| The man was found lying in Cole Road, Bruton, with head injuries at about 20:35 BST on Tuesday. He was treated at the scene, but later died. | |
| Police said the vehicle involved would have been substantially damaged and would have a smashed windscreen. | |
| They appealed for information about two separate vehicles seen in the area. | |
| 'Stripe on roof' | |
| Det Ch Insp Phil Jones said: "There are a couple of vehicles that are of interest to us. | |
| "One is a light-coloured three-door hatchback which potentially has a large stripe on the roof that was seen around 8.35pm yesterday evening. | |
| "A call has [also] been received by us detailing a dark-coloured Range Rover-type vehicle on a '61 plate that again was driving through Cole Road at speed at around the relevant time. | |
| "We are interested to locate both the drivers of those vehicles in order to establish whether they were involved or have got some important information for us." | |
| A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said people would "be aware" of damage caused to the vehicle involved. | |
| He said it was believed the vehicle involved was travelling from Yeovil, through Bruton, in the direction of Frome or Evercreech. | |
| The man had been walking to the local shop with his two dogs when he was struck. The dogs were not harmed. | |
| The road was closed until 04:30 to allow for a detailed examination of the scene. |