Ann 88-year-old man with 'undiagnosed dementia' mounted a pavement and killed a pedestrian. William Sherlock knocked down Evelyn Fisher in the middle of town on a busy Saturday afternoon, an inquest heard.
She was walking to work when he lost control of his Vauxhall Corsa, mounted the curb and fatally injured the devoted grandmother. Evelyn, who was 61, never regained consciousness and died in hospital the following day.
Charges against Mr Sherlock of causing death by dangerous driving were dropped when he was deemed unfit to face a trial, and he has voluntarily surrendered his driving licence. Now a coroner has called on the Department of Transport to tighten up the rules on elderly drivers as a result of what she described as an "absolute tragedy".
