Residents have shared their shock and devastation after a woman died in a hit and run incident. A woman in her fifties sadly died at around 10:25pm on Thursday, December 8, after being hit by a vehicle on Newark Road, Ollerton.
She was then pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics when they arrived shortly afterwards. Nottinghamshire Police are appealing for information from anyone that may have seen what happened. Residents in the area have described the event as "awful" and have offered their condolences to the family.
Finance manager, Vicky Taylor, 46, lives close to where the incident happened. Vicky said: "I came back at ten to ten and there was nobody in the road then as I came from down that road.
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"When it was about quarter past a couple of people were outside near my front garden. I sort of looked out the window and there were some older women so I just thought they were waiting for a taxi or something.
"Then by twenty past ten there were all these police cars everywhere. We didn't hear anything."
Vicky described the incident as "awful" and explained that she "had police tape all around the garden and they shut the road." She added: "The police kept knocking on doors and saying don't worry, we are not prisoners in our own homes, and they were really good and nice
"We had the flashing lights all night. Until we saw the information on the police website we didn't know a lot.
"It must just be a horrific way to find out and it's so close to Christmas. If she's got kids then they have just lost their mum in the worst way."
When asked about Newark Road, Vicky said: "The cars go really fast up and down this road, absolutely flying." Similarly a neighbour who did not wish to be named agreed that "people go too fast around here."
Mental health worker, Tanya Cooper, 52, said she is still shocked about what happened. Tanya said: "I got home about quarter past 12 last night and the police were all there. A police woman had to walk me to my door.
"My neighbour and I had been in contact and she informed me what had gone off so I wasn't shocked when I came home, but it's just so so sad. The police were there all night and were even still there this morning. I went out about one o'clock and they were still there then."
Tanya described Newark Road as being "awful." She said: "When my daughter was younger we went to go on a bike ride and we ended up coming back as the cars just go really fast."
A 45 year old woman who did not wish to be named said: "It's awful, I didn't really know anything about it until this morning. We didn't hear anything at all."
Lorry driver, Daz Sadler, 28, explained that he "hadn't heard about it" but that "it is a busy road." Similarly Ollerton resident, Pauline Linsday, 64, was also shocked to learn about the incident.
She said: "During week days it get's really busy up on that road." Pauline described the news as concerning, and explained that she's never known something like that to happen in the area.
A woman who did not wish to be named said: "I didn't hear or see anything, I just woke up in the morning and thought that the Christmas trees were flashing but it was the police cars. It was a shock."
Police are appealing for anyone who saw what happened or has any other information to contact them immediately.
Sergeant Mark Baker, of Nottinghamshire Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “Our thoughts are with the woman’s family and friends following this tragic incident.
“This will have no doubt been incredibly distressing news for them to receive, so we are deploying specialist trained officers to offer them support at this difficult time.
“We are in the process of exploring several lines of inquiry, so would ask anyone who has information about what happened to come forward immediately.
“As well as appealing for any witnesses to contact us, we also want to hear from any drivers who were in the area at the time and may have inadvertently recorded dash-cam footage that could assist us.”
Anyone with information is asked to call Nottinghamshire Police on 101, quoting incident number 788 of 8 December 2022, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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