Lincolnshire lorry driver involved in fatal crash near St Neots

A Lincolnshire-based lorry driver was involved in a fatal crash[1] in Cambridgeshire. Emergency services were called to the B645, between Hail Weston and Staughton Highway, near St Neots, at around 6.40pm on Tuesday, August 27. The crash involved a white Vauxhall Astra and a white Mercedes lorry.

The driver of the Vauxhall, a 22-year-old man from the Rushden area, in Northamptonshire, was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger in the Astra, a 22-year-old woman from St Neots, was taken to hospital with serious injuries. A 63-year-old man from the Sleaford[2] area in Lincolnshire, who was driving the lorry, was uninjured and remained at the scene.

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Sergeant Ben Chance of Cambridgeshire Police said: “I would like to hear from anyone who saw or has dashcam footage of the crash, or the vehicles involved just before.” Anyone with information or dashcam footage can report it through the force’s website using reference CC-27082024-0466.

Anyone without internet access should call 101.

References

  1. ^ crash (www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk)
  2. ^ Sleaford (www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk)
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