Teenager charged after pensioner dies in crash in Felixstowe
Emergency services were called to Church Road on Tuesday 19th November .
An 18-year-old man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving and other offences following a fatal collision in Felixstowe.
Emergency services were called shortly after 2.30pm on Tuesday 19 November, to reports of a collision between a white Nissan GTR and a pedestrian on Church Road.
Police, ambulance, East Anglian Air Ambulance and a paramedic from Suffolk Accident Rescue Service (SARS) were all in attendance to the incident.
The pedestrian was taken to Ipswich Hospital by land ambulance for treatment where she sadly died.
Subject to confirmation at formal inquest proceedings, the woman has been identified as Mary Kinsey, 74, from Felixstowe.
The driver of the Nissan, an 18-year-old man, was initially taken to hospital by officers for treatment. He was subsequently arrested and taken to Martlesham Police Investigation Centre for questioning.
Lewis Meadows, 18, of Cliff Road, Felixstowe, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, aggravated vehicle taking, failing to stop after a collision, using a motor vehicle without insurance and failing to report a collision.
He is due to appear at Ipswich Magistrates’ Court today, Thursday 21 November.