By Peter Tremayne

Police are investigating a car accident in Tintagel which left five people injured.  A 22-year-old local man has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.

Police were notified at 11.50pm on Sunday of a collision involving a Mazda MX-5 which had collided with a group of five pedestrians who were on a pavement close to Tintagel Primary School on the B3263.

The air ambulance attended, together with South West Ambulance Service, Cornwall Fire and Rescue and Devon and Cornwall Police.

All five casualties were taken to Derriford hospital with varying levels of injury, none of which are believed to be life-threatening.

The B3263 was closed for several hours while police investigated this collision.

Officers from the Roads Policing Team are appealing for any witnesses, particularly with dashcam of the collision, to come forward quoting log 1038 of 27 August 2023.

Photo: David Smith/CC