Woman dies and two children seriously injured after crash in major Essex road

Officers were called to the A132, Burnham Road, in South Woodham Ferrers, shortly before 4pm yesterday following a crash involving a lorry and a car. Emergency services attended and the road was closed in both directions between Rettendon Turnpike and the KFC roundabout while police were on the scene. Despite the best efforts of paramedics, a woman, 60s, sadly, died at the scene.

Her passengers, two children, were taken to hospital after they both sustained serious injuries. A 41-year-old man, the driver of the lorry, has been arrested and is assisting with Essex Police enquiries. He remains in custody.

A spokesman for the force said: "We continue to appeal to anyone who may have witnessed anything or have any dashcam footage to contact us. "You can let us know by submitting a report on our website or by using our online Live Chat service which is available 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week. "It can be found at the bottom right of our homepage at www.essex.police.uk.

"Visit www.essex.police.uk/digital101 to find out more about our website reporting services.

"Alternatively, you can call us on 101.

Please cite incident 842 of August 13."