Female pensioner in her 80s dies after collision with car – Regional
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A FEMALE pensioner has died following a crash yesterday afternoon.
The woman, in her 80s, was involved in a collision with a blue Ford Focus in Somerford Road near the Purewell Cross roundabout in Christchurch, Dorset.
Paramedics and police rushed to the scene at 3.15pm. The air ambulance also landed on a school playing field.
But they were unable to save the woman, who lived in Christchurch, who died at the scene.
Somerford Road was closed while investigations were carried out.