POLICE have issued an appeal after a male pedestrian died following a crash involving a car.

West Yorkshire Police was called to Wilson Street in Castleford at 9.04pm on Saturday night.

It was to a report of a collision involving a man and a silver Toyota Yaris. 

Paramedics treated the pedestrian - a man in his 80s - at the scene but he was pronounced dead shortly after.

Officers would like to speak to anyone who witnessed the crash, or the events leading up to it.

Anyone with any information, or those with dash cam footage, should contact the Major Collision Enquiry Team on 101, or using the contact options on the West Yorkshire Police website.

You should quote log number: 1732 of September 10.