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Category: | General road environment: Event or temporary issue |
Tags: | bbc, busstop, crash, fatal, leeds, stanningleyroad, yorkshireeveningpost |
Date time: | 3.15pm, Monday 20th November, 2023 |
Time line: | Earlier | Later |
Facing: | North west |
Added by: | simon |
Copyright: | Public domain |
Area: | Garforth |
Fatal crash, BBC report:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-67477593
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A man has died and two people have been injured after a car hit a bus stop.
Emergency services were called to Stanningley Road in Leeds, near to the junction with Armley Ridge Road, at about 15.15 GMT.
A 62-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene and two other people were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
West Yorkshire Police said a man, 57, has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and driving whilst unfit through drugs.
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Note the inital BBC report appears to have slightly the wrong location. The crash seems to be near photo #196665.
Police report:
www.westyorkshire.police.uk/news-appeals/fatal-road-traffic-collision-stanningley-road-leeds
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Monday 20 November 2023
Police are investigating a fatal road traffic collision on Stanningley Road, Leeds.
At 15.13 today (20 November) officers were called to reports one vehicle had been in collision with a bus stop.
One of the pedestrians a man aged 62 years old was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. Two other pedestrians were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
The driver of the vehicle a man aged 57 years old was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and driving whilst unfit through drugs and remains in Police custody at this time.
The road remains closed at this time whilst investigation work is carried out.
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Yorkshire Evening Post - has live updates
www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/transport/stanningley-road-crash-one-killed-and-two-more-injured-as-police-shut-key-leeds-road-live-updates-4416558
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