Family pays tribute to pensioner hit by car

THE family of a pensioner who died after being hit by a car on a footpath have paid tribute to her.
By The Newsroom
Published 11th Jan 2013, 06:00 BST

Helena Mary Horsley, 79, known as Mary, of Kettlebridge Lane, East Halton, near Immingham, was walking home from her job at a local hotel at about 9.30pm on Tuesday when a car stopped to offer her a lift. This was then hit by another car, causing fatal injuries to Mrs Horsley. A man aged 26 was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.

Mrs Horsley’s family said in a statement: “We are extremely saddened by the tragic loss of our much loved mother and grandmother, Mary, who was very well known in the local area. She will be sadly missed, not only by her family but all who knew her.”

She leaves two daughters, a son, and several grandchildren.

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In a separate crash, a pedestrian who was involved in a collision with a Volkswagen Golf in Cleethorpes on Wednesday has died in hospital. The woman, 52, was injured at the junction of Hewitts Circus and Taylors Avenue just after 5.10pm. She was taken to Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby, but died yesterday. The driver, a man aged 20 from Cleethorpes, was not hurt.

Anyone with information about either crash is asked to call Humberside Police on the non-emergency number of 101.