Dorset Police received a report at 9.47pm on Sunday 12 December 2021 of a collision involving a black Ford Fiesta and a pedestrian on the A3049 between the Mannings Heath Roundabout and the Alderney Roundabout. It was reported that the occupants of the Fiesta left the area, leaving the damaged vehicle at the scene.
Very sadly, the pedestrian – a woman aged in her 20s from Poole – was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 19-year-old Poole man who was also arrested in connection with the incident has been released from the investigation and will face no further police action.