A PENSIONER has died in hospital a week after a collision with a black cab.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the crash in Horseferry Road, near the junction of Medway Street, Pimlico, around 11am on December 29.

A 67-year-old man, Robert Smith, died on Saturday in St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington.

The taxi driver stopped at the scene and is assisting detectives at the Met’s Roads and Transport Policing Command. He has not been arrested.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the witness appeal line on 020 8543 5157.