A woman has died after she was hit by a ‘large goods vehicle’ in Middlesbrough, police have said.

Cleveland Police and paramedics were called to the A66 near the Argos on Riverside Retail Park at around 4.40pm on Thursday (Nov 27).

A statement from the force said: “The incident happened just before 4.40pm as a large goods vehicle travelling on the A66 and passing Riverside Retail Park near Argos was in collision with a female pedestrian.

“Police and ambulance service colleagues attended however very sadly the 49-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

“Our thoughts are with her family at this extremely difficult time.

“The road remained closed until around midnight to allow initial collision enquiries to begin and we are now urging anyone who witnessed the incident and who has not yet spoken to police to get in touch.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101, quoting incident number 227480.