Woman in her 70s dies after crashing into tree in North Yorkshire
A woman in her 70s has died after the car she was in crashed into a tree in North Yorkshire.
The incident happened at around 7pm on Tuesday (Jan 27) on the B6271 near the Streetlam turn-off, in the Northallerton area, North Yorkshire Police said.
The red Kia Stonic crashed into a tree and the road was closed until around 1am for investigations to take place.
Despite the best efforts of people who stopped at the scene to help, and paramedics, the woman was pronuonced dead at the scene.
A statement from North Yorkshire Police said: “Despite the efforts of people who stopped to help and emergency service responders, the woman who was driving the Kia was pronounced dead.
“The road was closed until just after 1am today to allow the Forensic Collision Investigation Unit to attend and for the vehicle to be recovered.
“We would like to appeal for any witnesses to the collision who have not yet spoken to us.
“We would also like to be contacted if you have any dashcam or CCTV footage of the collision or of the vehicle driving along the B6271 prior to the collision.”
Anyone who can help is asked to email the major collision team on [email protected] or call police on 101, quoting incident number 12260016507.