A WOMAN has appeared before a Carlisle court accused of causing an elderly pedestrian’s death by careless driving in Penrith.

Kathleen Boddy, 77, suffered serious injuries when she and an Alfa Romeo vehicle were in collision in the Southend Road area close to the town centre on October 14, 2019.

Mrs Boddy was transported by air ambulance to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle but died four days later.

Police said at the time they had been called to the report of a collision between a pedestrian and a car just before 11-50am, and in the aftermath issued a public appeal for any witnesses to come forward.

Susan Strong, 47, appeared at Carlisle's Rickergate Magistrates’ Court this morning.

Strong, of Pearson Court, Penrith, faces one charge which alleges that she caused Mrs Boddy’s death, on October 18, 2019, by driving an Alfa Romeo without due care and attention.

She did not enter a plea.

After submissions from prosecutor George Shelley, and from defence lawyer John Smith, Strong elected that her case should be heard at Carlisle Crown Court.

The court was told a police collision investigation report had been prepared, while Mr Smith indicated the defence would wish to commission its own accident reconstruction document.

Members of Mrs Boddy’s family were in court for a 10-minute hearing.

Strong will appear at Carlisle Crown Court on February 18.

In the meantime she was granted unconditional bail.

Following Mrs Boddy’s death, a Cumbria police spokesman said she had moved to Penrith from Essex a short time before the incident.