POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision in Leeds yesterday (Wednesday, January 25). 

Police were called to Blakeney Road, Belle Isle at 5.31pm, after a pedestrian had been involved in a collision with a white Renault Master Tipper truck.

The man, who was in his forties, died at the scene.

Officers from the Major Collision Enquiry Team are carrying out enquiries to establish the full circumstances.

Anyone who witnessed the collision or the circumstances leading up to it is asked to contact MCET via 101, quoting reference 13230047728, or online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk/101livechat.