POLICE have named the Eastleigh pensioner who died in a horrific accident in the town earlier this week.

She is Audrey Boxall, 77, who lived in Lawn Road, not far from the scene of the accident.

Mrs Boxall suffered fatal injuries following a collision with a red Mercedes lorry travelling south along Twyford Road at around 12.30pm on Wednesday, April 23.

The lorry driver, a 59-year-old man from Romsey, was shaken but uninjured.

He was arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving while unfit through drink or drugs and released on bail until June 12.