ENQUIRIES are ongoing this afternoon after a woman died in a road traffic incident.

The Homicide and Major Enquiry Team is continuing to appeal for witnesses and dashcam footage following the death of the woman, who police say is from Kirklees, on Denby Dale Road near the junction of Hollin Lane, Wakefield, on Wednesday evening.

The 27-year-old woman was seen to fall from a moving white Transit van, said West Yorkshire Police. 

The driver, a 25-year-old Kirklees man, remains in custody after being arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, and drug driving offences.   

Detective Superintendent Marc Bowes, of the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team, said: “We are continuing to conduct extensive enquiries into this incident in which a woman has lost her life. 

“A man remains in custody today after being arrested in relation to the incident and I am appealing for witnesses and anyone with mobile phone or CCTV footage which captured what occurred to contact us. "

Police would like to speak to anyone who was in the Denby Dale Road and Hollin Lane area between 8.20pm and 8.40pm who saw or has footage of the incident, or who saw the white Transit van just before the incident.   

Anyone who can assist enquiries is asked to contact the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team on 101, referencing police log number 1604 of January 17.