Pedestrian Crash Death Victim Named

6 January 2012, 12:18 | Updated: 30 March 2016, 13:50

A 79 year old pedestrian who died after being hit by a car in Chester-Le-Street has been named.

Norman Hodgson from Gibb Court in Chester-le-Street, was hit by a Toyota Aygo on a pedestrian crossing in Waldridge Road in the town on Tuesday afternoon.

He was taken by ambulance to the University Hospital Of North Durham with serious head injuries and was later transferred to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary, where he died on Wednesday afternoon.

The 43-year-old driver of the car was uninjured