A CHARD man was hospitalised after being hit by a car in the town centre on Friday.

South Western Ambulance Service were called to the scene on Funrham Road near the junciton with Fore Street at around 3.30pm on Friday (March 24).

A spokesman for the ambulance service said: "We were called to a road traffic collision on Furnham Road between a car and a pedestrian at 3.25pm on Friday.

“There was one casualty, the male pedestrian, who suffered minor injuries and was taken a Musgrove Park Hospital as a precaution.”