Tribute paid to Maltby road death pensioner

A TOWN council chairman has paid tribute to a pensioner who was killed after being struck by a heavy goods vehicle.

The incident happened on September 16 after the pedestrian, who was in her 70s, was struck by a tipper-truck type vehicle as she crossed High Street, Maltby around midday.

Paramedics attended but the woman died of her injuries at the scene.

The road was closed for around three hours while emergency services dealt with the incident.

Maltby Town Council chairman Jon Carratt said the woman was part owner of popular Maltby Chinese takeaway, Jumbo, which he believed had been in the village for around five years.

Cllr Carratt said: “It’s always tragic when somebody dies under these circumstances.

“All our sympathies are with the family, she was a very nice woman.”

A spokesman for South Yorkshire Police said the incident was being treated as accidental and was not being investigated.

An inquest into the woman’s death is due to opened next week.