FOREST police want to hear from anyone who witnessed a collision in Lydney in which an elderly woman was injured on Thursday last week (January 26).

A brown Mercedes collided with the 78-year-old Coleford woman in Newerne Street just after 3.05pm.

The woman was taken to Frenchay Hospital and on Tuesday police said her injuries did not seem as serious as it had seemed at first.

The driver of the Mercedes was uninjured. The road was closed for a collision investigation and reopened at 7.40pm.

A 32-year-old woman from Lydney has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving in connection with the incident and has been bailed to attend Gloucester Police Station on March 16.