Man dies in Thursby crash
It happened on the A596 in the early hours of Sunday morning (21st August)
Police are appealing for witnesses after a pedestrian died in a collision near Thursby at the weekend.
Police were called at 5:35am yesterday morning (21st August), to a report of a collision on the A596, Bank End near Thursby.
The collision involved a Silver Ford MPV and a pedestrian.
The pedestrian, a local 39-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. Formal identification has not yet taken place.
The road was closed for a number of hours whilst a Forensic Collision Investigation was conducted. It has since been reopened.
Anyone with any information regarding the incident or who witnessed the collision is asked to contact PS 1962 VICKERS or PC 2091 TOWLSON on 101 or email SCIU@cumbria.police.uk, quoting log number 53 of the 21st August.