A man has been arrested following an incident in which a member of staff was seriously injured at a petrol station in Normanton, West Yorkshire.
The man, aged 18, was arrested in the Essex area and is currently in police custody.
A vehicle has also been recovered by police.
The victim is in hospital in a life-threatening condition following the incident in the early hours of yesterday morning (Sunday, October 20).
Police were called at 2:22am to the Esso petrol station on Castleford Road, to a report that a staff member had been hit by a vehicle after coming out of the shop to stop the driver of a black Audi who was driving off without paying for their fuel.
Detective Inspector Heather Shearer, of Wakefield District CID, said: “This is an extremely serious incident which has left a man who was doing his job in hospital in a critical condition.”
