Call for “Good Samaritan” after attack on man

Police are searching for a driver who took a man to hospital with serious injuries after an attack.

Gloucestershire Police said the “good Samaritan” drove the man to hospital with significant facial injuries after he was attacked at a property on Hester’s Way in Cheltenham on Thursday evening.

Officers said the male driver was flagged down by the victim sometime before 8pm (BST).

Two men from Cheltenham, one in his 20s and the other in his 50s, were arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and remain in police custody, police said.

The victim was taken to Cheltenham General Hospital and then transferred to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital for further treatment, police said. He has since been discharged.

Police asked the driver to contact them and provide details of his observations.

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