POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a female pedestrian died in a traffic collision in the Stairfoot area of Barnsley.
Shortly after 9am on June 27, a red/white Scania goods vehicle is understood to have stopped on Grange Lane towards the Stairfoot roundabout to allow a black vehicle to emerge from Doncaster Road.
The pedestrian walked down Doncaster Road and crossed Grange Lane in front of the goods vehicle, heading towards the Black Bull public house. The goods vehicle has then set off and been in collision with the woman in the carriageway, trapping her underneath the vehicle.
The pedestrian, a 35-year-old local woman, suffered fatal head injuries from the collision and died at the scene.
Anyone who witnessed the collision is urged to call South Yorkshire Police on 101 quoting incident number 246 of Thursday 27 June.
