We can confirm that a 90-year-old man died in the road traffic collision near Thirsk this morning (northyorkshire.police.uk/14882). The man was pronounced dead at the scene after his blue Peugeot 306 collided with a blue Vauxhall Meriva on the A168 around half-a-mile north of Thornton le Street at around 9.35am. The Peugeot, which was travelling towards Northallerton, overtook a hay lorry before colliding with the Vauxhall which was heading in the opposite direction. The driver of the Vauxhall, a woman from Northallerton, was airlifted to James Cook Hospital following the collision along with one of her sons, aged six. Her other son aged eight was taken to the same hospital by ambulance. ** For an update on their condition, and full details of the collision, please see northyorkshire.police.uk/14882 ** We need any witnesses to the collision to get in touch. If you havent already made contact, please call us on 101, select option 2, and ask for Traffic Sergeant Clare Sawyer or Thirsk Roads Policing Group.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 16:49:09 +0000
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