A WOMAN is fighting for her life after being hit by a car while helping an injured goose escape a busy road.
The 67-year-old from Crediton pulled over in her Citroen Xsara on the A377 near Crediton to help prevent the bird being further endangered.
But she was run over by a Ford Focus while doing so and was rushed to the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital before being transferred to Derriford, Plymouth, to be treated for head injuries and multiple fractures.
Two ambulance crews were called to the scene near Spencecombe Farm, between Copplestone and Crediton, shortly before 11.30pm on Friday.
Devon and Cornwall Police said the 59-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus, from North Tawton, was not injured but was treated for shock following the incident.
Police are appealing for witnesses to the collision to call 101 quoting 1029 of July 5, 2013.