21 August 2024
Police are investigating a fatal single vehicle road traffic collision that occurred around 6:05pm yesterday (August 20) on the A683 at Low Haygarth.
The collision involved a BMW 320I and a tree, the driver a 58-year-old man from the Greater Manchester area died at the scene. A passenger in the vehicle was uninjured.
Police are appealing for witnesses to the collision especially a female who stopped at the scene initially to aid and left prior to police arrival.
Anyone with information relating to this incident can report online at www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it , quoting incident number 194 of 20 August 2024.
You can also phone on 101.
Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.