December 16, 2019 10.31 am This story is over 51 months old

Urgent appeal to trace family of pedestrian injured in Caistor crash

He suffered serious injuries

Stock image Photo: Richard Speed

Police are urgently appealing for help to trace the family of a man seriously injured in a crash in Caistor.

Lincolnshire Police officers attended a collision involving a pedestrian and a Skoda Octavia in Audley Top at around 9pm on Friday, December 13.

Police found a bank card on the pedestrian in the name of Vitalij Valiuk, who suffered serious injuries. The driver of the Skoda was not injured, police said.

Police are urgently trying to locate Mr Valiuk’s next of kin. It is believed that Mr Valiuk lived in the Thesiger Street area of Lincoln, but he may have links to Boston and Spalding. Police added that his date of birth may be March 27, 1993.

Enquiries show that the man police believe to be Mr Valiuk got on to a bus in Lincoln at 10.45am on December 13. He travelled to Caistor and was last seen in the White Hart pub at around 4.25pm that day.

He is described as a white male with short dark hair. He was wearing dark clothing/joggers and when in the pub he had a dark back pack. However, he no longer had his backpack when he was involved in the collision, police said.

Anyone with information should contact Lincolnshire Police on 101 or via email at [email protected] quoting reference 442 of December 13. It can also be reported through the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Detective Sergeant Alison Bowley, from the serious collisions unit, said: “Extensive enquiries have been carried out to try and identify this man who has suffered serious injuries in a collision. He had a bank card on him in the name of Vitalij Valiuk.

“We would like to hear from anyone who may know Vitalij Valiuk as this may help us find his family. We would also like to hear from anyone who may have been travelling on the bus from Lincoln to Caistor on Friday, December 13, anyone who believes they may have seen him on the bus or in Caistor and anyone who may have come across his backpack.”