A pedestrian was killed after being struck by a car on the A4 near Fyfield last night (Monday).
Emergency services – including the air ambulance and doctors from the Marlborough-based charity SWIFT Medics – were called to the scene at 7.20pm.
Police say the 34-year-old man was walking along an unlit section of the A4 when he was hit by a Jaguar car being driven by a 59-year-old local man, who was travelling in the direction of Marlborough.
There is no footpath on the side of the road on which the casualty was walking.
The man – named locally as Mark Staddon, from Fyfield – was pronounced dead at the scene. The A4 was closed for three-and-a-half hours to allow police to carry out a crash investigation.
By coincidence, the first passersby to arrive at the scene were Marlborough GP Richard Hook and Simon Routh-Jones, Wiltshire’s chief fire officer, both of whom were off-duty.
They found the injured pedestrian to be in cardiac arrest, and co-operated to administer ‘bystander CPR’ while the emergency services arrived.
Dr Hook requested that the ambulance service call SWIFT Medics, the group of volunteer doctors who attend serious medical emergencies throughout Wiltshire.
Three members of the team – Doctors Jonathan Glover, James Mapstone and Dan Bawden – were holding a committee meeting in Marlborough, and were on the scene within less than 10 minutes of the collision.
“The pedestrian received the very best medical care – he had the benefit of a full hospital-style resuscitation including the Wiltshire Air Ambulance team,” said Dr Jonathan Glover, of SWIFT Medics.
“Sadly, his injuries were catastrophic.”
The SWIFT Medics lead team administered CPR for more than 25 minutes, but the pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene at around 8pm.
Marlborough News Online understands that the A4 through Fyfield has been designated a 50mph zone, but that the speed restriction has not yet been implemented.
Witnesses to the accident are asked to contact PC Bob Ecclestone on the non-emergency number, 101.
