CRICKLADE: Two pedestrians were seriously injured when they were hit by an ambulance car responding to an emergency in Cheltenham at the weekend.

The incident happened at 12.20am on the A40. A 30-year-old man from Cricklade and a 32-year-old man from Bristol were taken to hospital.

The paramedic was shaken but uninjured, police said.

The road was closed for five hours for an investigation. A spokesman for the South Western Ambulance Service Trust said it was also carrying out a thorough investigation.