Appeals have been set up to help the family of a father-of-two who was involved in a collision.

Eric Ohemeng remains in hospital with severe injuries following the incident at 7.40am on Wednesday, January 19 at the junction of Ribbleton Lane and Deepdale Mill Street, Preston.

Eric was taken by ambulance to the Royal Preston Hospital where he remains. The road was closed for three hours as police investigated the incident.

A keen footballer Eric played for amateur side Canaries FC in the Lancashire Sunday League for many years and his team mates and friends have been supporting the appeal.

An appeal set-up by his sister-in-law Aga who said: “I’m fundraising money to help my sister Róża, whose life partner, Kwasi, had a very serious accident a few days ago. 

“Currently Kwasi is in the hospital with very serious injuries. His state is critical.

"He has a traumatic brain injury and has undergone a neurological operation. All of the ribs on one side of his body are broken, as well as the shoulder, and a couple of ribs are broken on the other side.

“His lungs were injured too - there was water and blood in them, as well as blood in the stomach and other organs. His spleen is punctured.”

A further update added: “Eric Kwasi had undergone successful surgery for blood in the stomach. Pressure went down and the doctors are now more hopeful. Although he is still in critical condition.”

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A further appeal by colleagues has also been set-up and raised £385

Sgt Chris Evans, of Tac Ops, said: “This collision has left a man with very serious injuries and I would appeal to anyone who witnessed the collision itself, or who has any CCTV or dashcam footage which might help to get in touch with us.”

Anyone with information should call 101 quoting log 0218 of Jan 19th.