Hadlow pensioner died after she was hit by a van

An 81-year-old from Hadlow died after being hit by a van as she crossed a lane. Johanna O'Keefe was struck by the Parcelforce Mercedes Sprinter van in Carpenter's Lane on September 4, and died on September 8 in Tunbridge Wells Hospital, an inquest heard. The van was reversing and Mrs O'Keefe was somewhere "in the vicinity of the rear of the vehicle" said PC Andrew David Waghorn of Kent police's forensic unit. The post mortem showed she died of brain sphere compression and raised...