A WOMAN has died after being struck by a car.

The 60-year-old was killed when a BMW hit her before colliding with a telegraph pole, smashing through a garden wall and hitting a house.

It happened on Bentinck Road in the West End of Newcastle at 5pm on Saturday afternoon.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

A stretch of Bentinck Road was cordoned off for more than six hours while forensic teams carried out an investigation.

It is understood one person was “assisting with enquiries” at a police station.

A Northumbria Police spokesman said: “At about 3pm police received a report of a single vehicle collision on Bentinck Road.

“Emergency services attended after a BMW collided with a pedestrian and hit a house.

“Sadly the pedestrian, a 60-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene.”

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