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Published:
February 9, 2006
Woman
killed in car crash horror near Burnham-On-Sea
Police
have issued an appeal for witnesses after a woman was killed in
a horrific car accident near Burnham-On-Sea on Thursday evening,
February 9th.
 Police,
fire fighters and paramedics from Burnham rushed to the corner
of Harp Lane and Mark Causeway after the vehicle left the road
and smashed through a fence into a tree.
The
incident occurred at 4.34pm on Mark Causeway and involved a single
car - a Rover 214 - which was travelling in the direction of Mark
village when it appeared to swerve to the nearside and left carriageway,
colliding with the tree, as pictured.
The
driver of the car - a 34-year-old woman from Weston-super-Mare
- was pronounced dead at the scene. The male passenger was taken
by air ambulance to the RUH at Bath with serious but not life
threatening injuries.
The
road policing unit’s collision investigation unit has put
out an appeal for witnesses.
They
would particularly like to hear from the driver of a silver coloured
car, which may have stopped to assist at the scene but left before
the police arrived.
After
the incident, a fire engine from Burnham-On-Sea and a rescue tender
from Glastonbury were mobilised to help free the trapped man from
the vehicle.
Mark
Causeway was closed for several hours while investigations into
the accident began.
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