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Pedestrian, 19, killed by suspected drug driver in Peterborough
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a suspected drug driver on a dual carriageway in Peterborough.
At about 11.30pm last night, (6 December) a blue Vauxhall Astra travelling south was involved in a crash with a pedestrian on the Orton Parkway, below the Pennington Busway Bridge.
Officers and paramedics attended but the pedestrian, a man in his 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the Astra, a 19-year-old man from Peterborough, was arrested on suspicion of drug driving and causing death by dangerous driving.
He is in custody at Thorpe Wood Police Station.
Detective Sergeant Craig Wheeler, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Hertfordshire Roads Policing Unit, said: “A young man has lost his life and I am appealing for the public’s help in trying to piece together what has happened.
“As well as witnesses and dashcam footage of the actual collision, I would also like to hear from anyone who drove along Orton Parkway in the hour leading up to the collision and may have seen the victim.”
If you have any information, you can report it on the force website using reference CC-06122022-529.
Anyone without internet access should call 101.
