A PEDESTRIAN who died after a road accident in Bovey Tracey has been named as 70-year-old Sylvia Giddy from the town.

Mrs Giddy was involved in a collision with an HGV in Fore Street last Tuesday afternoon.

She was rushed by land ambulance to Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital where she was pronounced dead later in the afternoon.

The South Devon coroner has been informed.

Mrs Giddy’s family, in a statement issued on Friday, said: ‘She was loved by all that knew her and will be sadly missed.’

Police revealed that accident investigators were continuing inquiries to establish the cause of the collision.

Officers are appealing for information. They are particularly keen to speak to anyone who may have captured the fatal incident on dash-cam.

Anyone with information, or who witnessed the accident, should contact police on 101, quoting log number 435 of December 10.