Northumbria Police have confirmed the identity of a man who sadly died following a collision near Blyth earlier this week.
Shortly before 12.30am on Wednesday (June 22), officers were called to a collision involving a car and a pedestrian on the A189 southbound carriageway under the roundabout with Cowpen Road.
Emergency services attended and the male pedestrian – David Bruce, 34, from Bishop Auckland – was pronounced deceased at the scene.