Lightwater: One dead and another injured after bridge crash

Google Images A322 near Broadway Road in Lightwater, SurreyGoogle Images
A car collided with a bridge on the A322 near Broadway Road in Lightwater, Surrey

A woman has died and another was left seriously injured after the car they were in hit a bridge.

A Ford Fiesta Zetec crashed in the early hours of Tuesday on the A322 near Broadway Road in Lightwater.

The driver, a woman aged in her 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her next of kin have been told.

Her female passenger was freed by fire crews and taken to hospital with serious injuries, a Surrey Police spokesperson said.

The road was shut in both directions, with traffic diverted along Guildford Road through Lightwater.

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