Woman, 23, Dies After Crash Near Cirencester

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Woman, 23, Dies After Crash Near Cirencester

A 23 year-old woman has died following a road traffic collision on the A433 at Cirencester during the night of Friday May 25th.

The woman had been part of a group of students from the Royal Agricultural College that had been walking along the A433 near Coates at approximately 11.15pm.

She sustained serious injuries when she was in collision with a silver BMW, driven by a 66 year-old man from the Stow-on-the-Wold area, that had been heading along the A433 in the direction of Cirencester.

Following the crash the woman was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol by air ambulance.

She died at the hospital during Saturday morning.

The A433 was closed for five hours following the crash to allow police to carry out an investigation at the scene.

Anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to contact Gloucestershire Police on 0845 090 1234 quoting incident number 688 of May 25th.


Posted : 29/05/2007 10:09:57

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