A 60-YEAR-OLD man is in hospital with head injuries after being attacked in Orford this morning.

The victim was walking to work at 6.30am on South Avenue when a car drove past him.

It stopped and a man got out and walked down West Avenue before the car continued to Hale Street.

As the victim got to the junction with West Avenue he heard footsteps behind him.

The man who had left the car was running towards him and then hit him around the head with an unknown object.

He then got back in the car which drove off towards Orford Lane.

The victim suffered two cuts to his head and is being kept in at Warrington Hospital.

DC Tracey Short said: "This was a serious assault on a member of the public. The victim lost a substantial amount of blood as a result of the attack.”

The attacker is described as a white man, around 6ft tall and wore dark clothing.

Police said there was no description of the vehicle.

Anyone with any information can call police on 101.