Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault which occurred on the A590, near Witherslack.
Police were contacted at 3:48pm today (13 July) with a report that a man had been assaulted after an altercation between two drivers.
A man, aged in his 50s, has been taken to Royal Preston Hospital with serious injuries.
A 27-year-old man from Wigan has been arrested on suspicion of assault GBH.
Officers are investigating the full circumstances of the incident and appealing for witnesses to the incident to contact them.
It is reported that there was a collision between two vehicles, a red Peugeot 208 and a yellow VW Transporter, prior to the incident.
The road has reopened.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police online at www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it, quoting incident number 184 of 13 July. You can also call 101, referencing the same incident number.
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