Teenager charged with causing death by dangerous driving in Church Road, Felixstowe, after elderly woman dies single-vehicle crash

A teenager has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving and other offences after an elderly woman died in a single-vehicle crash.

Emergency services were called shortly after 2.30pm on Tuesday, to reports of a collision between a white Nissan GTR and a pedestrian in Church Road, Felixstowe.

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 Suffolk Magistrates’ Court today.

The pedestrian, a woman in her 70s, was taken to Ipswich Hospital for treatment where she died.

Police, ambulance, East Anglian Air Ambulance and a paramedic from Suffolk Accident Rescue Service (SARS) all attended the incident.

Any witnesses or anyone with information about the collision is asked to contact Suffolk Constabulary’s Serious Collision Investigation Team, quoting reference 37/65944/24, via the website.

Alternatively, email: SCIU@norfolk.police.uk or call 101.