A woman pedestrian has died following a collision on the A1(M) near Ripon in North Yorkshire.
Woman dies following serious collision on A1(M) near Ripon A woman pedestrian has died following a collision on the A1(M) near Ripon. The collision was reported at around 11.15pm last night (Wednesday 13th December) and happened on the southbound carriageway. The woman, aged in her 30s and from the Leyburn area, was a passenger in a car that had parked on the hard shoulder of the on-slip. She was hit by another vehicle after walking into the live carriageway. Despite the efforts of members of the public who stopped to provide first aid, and the emergency services, she sadly died at the scene. A police spokesperson said:
"We are appealing to any motorists who witnessed the collision but have not yet contacted or spoken to the police to get in touch. "We are also appealing to anyone who saw a parked vehicle on the southbound on-slip from Leeming Bar to the A1M, or a person in the carriageway prior to the collision, to get in touch, including anyone with dashcam footage."Both carriageways were closed to allow the emergency services to attend to the casualty, to allow the air ambulance to land and for collision investigators to examine the scene and recover the vehicles involved. The road reopened at around 8am this morning. Anyone with information who can assist the investigation and has not already spoken to the police is asked to email marie.williams@northyorkshire.police.uk or call 101 and pass information for incident 12230236443 Read more local stories from Your Harrogate here.
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