Appeal After Elderly Woman Seriously Injured In Crash

Police are appealing for witnesses after an elderly woman was seriously injured in a crash on the A6 between Market Harborough and Desborough.

The woman, aged in her 80s, was a front seat passenger in a silver Peugeot 307 car which was involved in collision with a grey Ford C-Max car.

The crash happened near the Braybrooke turn just after 1.30pm today.

The road was closed in both directions

The woman was trapped in the car and was released by firefighters, before being taken to Kettering General Hospital.

Another person was also freed from the wreckage.

A spokesperson for Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue Service said: “Firefighters immediately worked to try and remove two casualties from their cars, using hydraulic cutting equipment to assist in being able to free them from their vehicles.”

Police have launched an appeal for witnesses

Officers from Northamptonshire Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit would like to hear from witnesses and anyone who may have dash-cam footage that captured any part of the collision.

Anyone with information is asked to email CollisionAppeals@northants.police.uk or call the Drivewatch Hotline on 0800 174615, or Northamptonshire Police on 101.

Quote incident number 25000044528.

The A6 remains closed in both directions while collision investigation work is carried out by police.

It is shut between the Kettering Road junction at Clack Hill near Market Harborough and the B576 roundabout near Desborough.