Sunday, 16 April 2006, 10:16 GMT 11:16 UK
Man burnt as trousers catch fire
A man is being treated for serious burns after accidentally setting himself on fire.
After finding him collapsed on Welford Road, Leicester, police originally suspected he had been the victim of a hit and run driver.
But after watching CCTV images, officers believe he set his trousers on fire while trying to light a cigarette.
The man was first treated in Leicester but has now been transferred to a specialist burns unit in Birmingham.
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