Rossendale woman. 75, dies in Giggleswick car crash (From The Westmorland Gazette)

Rossendale woman. 75, dies in Giggleswick car crash

4:55pm Friday 10th December 2010 in Giggleswick news By Bethany Abbit, Reporter

A 75-year-old woman from Rossendale has died in a car crash in North Yorkshire today.

Police said the woman was a rear-seat passenger in a silver Renault Megane Scenic when it was in collision with a silver Land Rover Discovery on the A65 at Giggleswick, near Settle.

She was pronounced dead at the scene just after 11.20am.

The 42-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Discovery and the other occupants of the Megane Scenic, two men and two women, received treatment for minor injuries at Airedale Hospital near Keighley.

The Megane Scenic was travelling along the A65 towards Cumbria when the collision occurred with the Discovery, which had approached the A65 from Settle on Station Road.

The driver of the Discovery, a 42-year-old man from Giggleswick, has been arrested in connection with the incident and is currently in police custody.

Anyone who saw either of the vehicles prior to the collision is asked to contact Traffic Sergeant Paul Cording, of the North Yorkshire Police’s Road Policing Group, on: 0845-6060247.

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