AN elderly woman has died after suffering fatal head injuries when she fell on a bus.

Dorothy McLaren had just got onto the bus on Acklam Road, prior to Green Lane, Middlesbrough, at around 3.55pm on Tuesday, January 9, when she fell.

The 88-year-old was taken to James Cook University Hospital, where she received treatment until she died on Friday, January 12.

  • Anyone who was on the bus at the time of the incident is asked to contact PC Andy Lawson, from the Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit, on the non-emergency number 101, quoting event number 005056.