POLICE have identified the woman who died following a collision on the A6, south of Shap, is Rebecca Quail, known as Becca, aged 25, from Penrith.

She was driving a Citroen car, which was involved in a collision with a trailer carrying a mini digger on the A6 at around 8.30am on Wednesday morning.

The trailer was being pulled by a Mercedes Sprinter van prior to the collision. The car was driving south and the van was heading north.

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Anyone who witnessed what happened and has yet to come forward is asked to contact Cumbria Police on 101 quoting incident number 33 of 15 March 2017.