A pedestrian was knocked over by a car at 11 o’clock this morning.
It’s understood that this occurred on the Medina Way exit ramp that leads to Lidl in Newport.
At 1pm Police reported again that Medina Way would be closed for an estimated four hours while they deal with the investigation.
Many people have been caught in the traffic jams that have emanated around Newport town centre, including Carl Crawley, who, once he had reached his destination about an hour ago on his motorbike, took time to draw a map of the areas that he thought were affected.
The map
OnTheWight has reproduced that graphic below.
Click on graphic to see full-sized version
Thoughts are with those involved in the incident.
Updates
Update 14:00 from Southern Vectis: “All routes are severely delayed of up to 45 mins, we doing all we can to keep routes running.”
Update 14:23: East Cowes affected too: Anthony Joyce told OnTheWight: “East Cowes queue for floating bridge goes back to Osborne House, must be approx a 5 hour wait to board.”
Update 15:07: Here’s Google traffic’s 12:57 view of the traffic hold up, captured by Tippers
Click on graphic to see large, but slightly distorted version
Update 3:12 : Island roads have just reported “Northbound carriageway of Medina Way, Newport is now open.”
Update 3:19: “The pedestrian is being treated for serious and life changing injuries, but the good news is that they are not life-threatening. Police are keen to hear from any witnesses to the collision.” Read more.
Update 3:49: Here’s a link to the Google map that shows traffic speeds, centred on Newport via IslandPC
Map created by Carl W Crawley
