Council meeting over 'rat-run'

Friends and neighbours took to the street to protest on Tuesday

Demands for traffic calming measures on a road where a nine-year-old girl was knocked down and killed are to be considered by the local council.

Hayley Bloomfield was hit by a car on Monday as she crossed Alexandra Road, Grimsby, to get some money for an ice cream.

Her death prompted calls for action to prevent the road being used as a "rat-run" by speeding motorists.

More than 2,000 people signed a petition calling for traffic calming measures during a blockade of the street on Tuesday.

Ten accidents

Councillor Martin Vickers told BBC Look North that a meeting would now be held to discuss the issue.

He said: "In the last five years there have been ten reported accidents and as a result of that five serious injuries. And now sadly a fatality.

"All of these are investigated and obviously that needs to be looked at again in light of this tragedy."

Hayley's schoolmates at South Parade Junior School were told of her death on Tuesday morning.

She had only been there for six days but teachers said she had been settling in well and would be missed.