Aston collision fatal: Pair held over death of dog walker after collision near Sheffield released by police

They were held after emergency services were called to a collision on Mansfield Road, Aston, on Tuesday morning and found that a woman had died following a collision with a car.

The woman, who has not yet been named but was 56, was walking her dog at the time of the collision, which happened between the junctions with Lodge Lane and the A57 at 6.40am. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police arrested a man, 44, from Sheffield and a woman, 46, from Aston, on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

In an update today, South Yorkshire Police said: “Both individuals arrested have been bailed pending further enquiries.”

Police want to hear from anyone who may have been in the area at the time to help them “form a complete picture of what happened”.

In particular, they would like to speak to anyone on Mansfield Road who may have witnessed the collision, anyone with CCTV cameras that cover Mansfield Road which may have captured the collision, or those who may have been driving past and who may have footage of the collision on their dash camera.

Call 101 and quote incident number 150 of July 11.