Appeal for information following fatal collision on New Road

We are appealing for information following a collision in which a man died in Bedhampton yesterday afternoon (August 30)

The incident, involving a blue Ford Focus and a pedestrian, occurred at 2pm on New Road, near to the junction of Ingledene close and the Bedhampton train station.

The pedestrian, a 78-year-old man from Hayling, was treated by members of the public, police and paramedics, including air ambulance, but sadly he died at the scene.

Sergeant Spencer Wragg, of the Roads Policing Unit, said: “We would like to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the collision, which was near the Bedhampton train station, or may have seen the pedestrian or the Ford Focus in or near the road in the time leading up to the incident.

“The man had a distinctive walking frame and I am appealing to people in the area who may have seen him approaching the scene of this collision.”

Anyone with information should call us on 101, quoting 44220353113.