A pensioner who was killed in a crash on the M11 yesterday (July 10) was a 79-year-old woman from West Yorkshire, police have said.
The victim, from Halifax, was a passenger in a silver Vauxhall Astra estate which left the carriageway at around 3.30pm after hitting an HGV travelling in the same direction. The car then left the road and crashed into trees.
A 72-year-old man who was driving the car and a woman, aged 81 who was front seat passenger, were both seriously injured and are still receiving treatment in hospital.
They are both from the Retford area of Nottinghamshire.
The road was closed until about 10.30pm for recovery of the vehicles and while police carried out initial investigations.
Anyone with information about events leading to the collision, should call Sgt Damon Bainbridge at the Essex Police Serious Collision Investigation Unit on 101 or email collisionappeal@essex.pnn.police.uk
