FOUR men have been charged in connection to a collision in Barnsley on Friday afternoon, in which a woman died.
The men have will appear before Barnsley Magistrate’s Court today.
David Mellor, 48, from Barnsley, is charged with aggravated vehicle taking and failure to provide a sample. Karn Hill, 23, from Barnsley, is charged with aggravated vehicle taking.
Wayne Carroll, 29, from Barnsley, is charged with aggravated vehicle taking and Alan Mawhinney, 53, from Barnsley is charged with aggravated vehicle taking and failure to provide a sample.
A HGV, previously reported as stolen, was travelling along Common Lane, towards Grimethorpe, when an officer in a marked patrol car, travelling in the opposite direction, turned round to follow the vehicle.
The HGV, while on Common Road, was then involved in a collision with a pedestrian, 58-year-old Jacqueline Wileman, and two parked cars.
Mrs Wileman was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.
The HGV then travelled on to Park View where it collided with the front of a house on the road, coming to a stop.
A mandatory referral has been made to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
Anyone with information about what happened are urged to contact 101 quoting incident number 266 of August 14.
