89 year old man killed in A59 crash
The collision happened yesterday (Wednesday 25 August) near Moor Monkton
Last updated 26th Aug 2021
An 89-year-old man from York has died in a collision on the A59 near Moor Monkton.
Officers are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage of any of the vehicles involved, prior to the collision or of the collision itself.
It happened at around 5.10pm on the evening of Wednesday 25 August and involved three vehicles – a red Audi A3 travelling towards York, and a black Audi Q5 and a silver Mini, both of which were travelling in the opposite direction.
The 89-year-old driver of the Audi A3 was taken to hospital but sadly died.
The driver of the Mini sustained minor injuries and the driver of the Audi Q5 was uninjured.
Officers are appealing to anyone travelling along the A59 in both directions who has not already spoken to the police to get in touch if they saw any of the vehicles prior to the collision or if they witnessed the incident.
They are also appealing to anyone who may have dashcam footage prior to, or of the collision itself, to contact them.
A North Yorkshire Police spokesperson said:
"Anyone who can assist the investigation is asked to contact Traffic Sergeant Mark Patterson via email at mark.patterson@northyorkshire.police.uk, or call 101, select option 2 and ask for Mark Patterson or Matthew Harvey. Please quote incident number 12210188817."
The road was closed to allow emergency services to attend to the casualties, for collision investigators to examine the scene and for the vehicles to be recovered. It reopened at around 2.45am the following morning.