A man hospitalized on Saturday night after being hit by a car on the A40 in Monmouth, is now in a stable condition in hospital.

Locally named Martyn Hancocks was in a collision with a car as he attempted to cross the A40 from the Wye Bridge going into Monmouth town centre at approximately 6.45pm Saturday night (15th December).

The 49-year-old was taken to Nevill Hall Hospital and later transferred to the University of Wales Hospital Cardiff where he has been in a stable condition for the past 24 hours.

A number of witnesses were spoken to at the time including the driver of the car involved in the collision but police would like anyone else who witnessed the collision, including motorists travelling southbound, to contact them on 101.

For more on this story, see this week's Beacon, available from Wednesday 19th December.