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Woman in her 70s dies after crash with truck

Google A general view picture of the A361 near Burford. There is no traffic on either side of the road and there is a large tree and hedgerows on the left. There are fields on the right.Google
A stretch of the A361 was shut following the crash on Thursday

A woman in her 70s was killed when her Range Rover was involved in a crash with a recovery truck.

The crash at about 15:20 BST on Thursday resulted in the closure of the A361 near Burford, Oxfordshire, but it has since reopened.

The Range Rover's driver, from Oxfordshire, was given emergency medical treatment but she died at the scene.

The recovery truck's driver, a man in his 20s, who is also from Oxfordshire, was taken to hospital and remains in a serious condition.

PC Harry Welch, from Thames Valley Police, asked anyone who saw the crash to contact officers.

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