‘Happy go lucky lad’ named as pedestrian killed in County Durham weekend crash

Scott Punshon who died when he was hit by a car on the A689 near Crook (Image: Durham Police)

A pedestrian who died in a collision at the weekend has been described as “a happy-go-lucky lad with a heart of gold”.

Scott Punshon was struck by a car in the early hours of last Saturday morning (August 12) on the A689 between Crook and Howden-le-Wear.

Emergency services attended but the 36-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.