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Woman loses life in M40 crash
19/05/2023
Four other people are in hospital following the single vehicle incident
A woman died following a road traffic collision on the M40 yesterday (Thursday). Four other people were injured, two of them critically.
The northbound M40 between junction 9 for Bicester and 10 at the Cherwell Valley Services was closed for most of the day following the collision, which happened just before 9.10am.
Only one vehicle was involved – a grey Nissan Qashqai, which left the carriageway at speed and drove into a ditch.
There were five people in the car, including a woman in her sixties who died of her injuries at the scene.
Two other people, a one-year-old boy and a woman in her 30s, were taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford with life-threatening injuries.
A man in his 30s and a girl aged two, sustained less serious injuries. They are also at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
Senior investigating officer Sergeant Dominic Mahon is from Thames Valley Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit. He said: “I am appealing to anybody who was driving on the M40 at around the time of this collision to please get in touch with Thames Valley Police if you have witnessed this incident.
“I’d also ask anybody who was on the M40 between junctions 9 and 10 who has dash-cam to please check this and get in touch if it has captured the collision or the moments leading up to it.
“Tragically, one person has died of her injuries and two others have suffered critical injuries.
“Our thoughts are with all of those affected at this extremely difficult time.
“If you have any information or witnessed the collision, please contact us, either by making a report online or by calling 101, quoting incident reference 43230217234.”
Published: by Banbury FM Newsteam