A MAN has been charged with causing the death of 79-year-old grandmother Mary Horsley.
The elderly woman was walking home from a hotel she had worked at for 20 years when she was knocked down – just minutes away from her front door in East Halton – in January.
A 26-year-old man from Immingham, who was arrested at the scene, was released on bail, but has now been charged with causing her death by driving without due care and attention while over the prescribed alcohol limit.
The mother-of-three had finished an evening shift at the Amethyst Hotel, in East Halton, when she was hurt as two cars collided between Scrub Lane and Swinster Lane.
Despite medics taking her to Hull Royal Infirmary, she did not survive the incident, which happened at about 9.30pm on Tuesday, January 8.
The 26-year-old man, who was driving a Ford Fiesta, and a 29-year-old Immingham woman, who was driving a Suzuki Swift, were involved in the crash.
Villagers believed the driver of the Suzuki spotted Mrs Horsley walking home and had stopped to offer her a lift when the collision happened. This has not been confirmed by police.
She was described by her family as a much-loved mother-of-three and grandmother to many, and by friends as a "lovely lady" with a "brilliant sense of humour".
Floral tributes were laid at the crash scene.
The 26-year-old was has been released on bail again to appear at North Lincolnshire Magistrates' Court on Friday, May 17.
