Woman dies in holiday road crash

A black Volkswagen Golf and a Silver Peugeot 307 were in collision in the eastbound carriageway at Barton Crossroads on the A64 at about 3.30pm on Bank Holiday Monday.

A 57-year-old woman, from Bury in Lancashire, who was a passenger in the Golf, was airlifted to Scarborough District Hospital but died. Police were unable to release her identity yesterday.

Her husband, who was driving the Golf, escaped unharmed but three other passengers – a female relative and the dead woman's two grandsons aged nine and six – were taken to York District Hospital with minor injuries.

A five-year-old girl in the Peugeot was airlifted to Leeds General Infirmary with suspected spinal injuries. Yesterday she was in a serious but stable condition.

The Peugeot driver was uninjured but his wife and their nine-year-old daughter were also treated at York for minor injuries.