'Beautiful' midwife hit and killed by van as she walked through Tesco car park

Kathleen Nicol, 61, was deed by a van successful a Tesco car parkland and rushed to infirmary aft suffering captious injuries - but tragically died the pursuing day, leaving loved-ones devastated

Tributes person poured successful for a "beautiful" midwife who died aft being struck by a van successful a Tesco car park.

Kathleen Nicol, known by loved-ones arsenic Kathy, was walking done the supermarket car parkland on Baths Road successful Longton erstwhile the van crashed into her. Police, paramedics, and an aerial ambulance were deployed to the country of the incidental connected the day of Tuesday, October 22.

"The constabulary collision probe portion is here. There is simply a information van wrong the cordon," said a witnesser to the incident. The 61-year-old was taken to hospital but tragically succumbed to her injuries and died the pursuing day. Tributes person since flooded successful from devastated friends and household pursuing the quality of her abrupt death.

One idiosyncratic wrote: "Oh my beauteous person and ex nighttime buddy Kathy. I anticipation you're astatine bid with the angels. A beauteous woman with her lukewarm quality and a fantastic midwife and nurse. She helped a large woody of radical during her agelong career. Love and prayers to her household and friends. I'm heartbroken." Another said: "Rest successful bid Kathy! You volition beryllium missed by many. Such a beauteous women taken to soon."

A neighbour of the beloved midwife wrote: "You were specified a beauteous neighbour. Sending our condolences to your household and friends." Another heartbroken loved-one added: "This is conscionable truthful awful, truthful tragic, the mediocre lady, my bosom goes retired to each her household and friends astatine this highly hard time."

Staffordshire Police said the operator of the van remained astatine the country aft the collision and is assisting successful the investigation, and that specially-trained officers were deployed to enactment Kathleen's household astatine this hard time. A unit spokesperson said: "We tin sadly corroborate that a pistillate has died pursuing a collision extracurricular a supermarket successful Stoke-on-Trent. Officers were called soon earlier 12 noon connected Tuesday (22 October) to Tesco connected Baths Road successful Longton pursuing reports of a collision involving a pedestrian and a van.

"The pedestrian, 61-year-old Kathleen Nicol, known by her household arsenic Kathy, was taken to infirmary by ambulance with life-threatening injuries. Sadly, Kathleen died successful infirmary yesterday (Wednesday 23 October)."