A VAN driver has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a pedestrian was killed walking on a 60mph country lane in the pitch dark.
The collision took place at about 6am on Monday on the A1060 Roxwell Road, in between Roxwell and Chelmsford, when a man was walking along the side of the road where there is no footpath.
Is it thought that the pedestrian, who witnesses say was wearing a white shirt, was walking towards Chelmsford. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and his relatives have been informed, police said.
The driver of the white van stopped at the scene of the accident, along with another car driver who pulled over to help.
Jay Glennie, 45, who was three cars behind the incident, said: "The cars in front of me had stopped, and there was a man in a white shirt lying in the road, it didn't look good.
"I asked if they had called an ambulance, and one was already on its way. The road was silent afterwards, it looked like an apocalypse had happened as there were no cars on there at all. I was only allowed back on the road because I live there."
Another resident, who did not want to be named, said that the road had been pitch black at that time in the morning, and added that it was viewed as too dangerous to walk along by most people living in the area due to the lack of a footpath.
The road was closed for around five hours, and police would like to speak to any witnesses or anyone who may have seen a man in a white shirt walking along the A1060 early that morning.
