Police name Market Drayton woman, 80, killed in crash
A woman who died following a two-vehicle crash near Market Drayton was named today as 80-year-old Mary Roberts, who lived in the town.
She died at the scene of the collision on the A529 at the Sweet Appletree crossroads last Tuesday. She was a passenger in a silver Renault Megane which was travelling towards Market Drayton, approaching the crossroads, when it was in collision with a lorry at about 3.45pm.
The Megane's driver, an 81-year-old man, was taken to North Staffordshire Hospital with significant injuries, and the driver of the lorry, a 42-year-old man, sustained minor injuries.
Police are eager to hear from anyone who witnessed the collision or the circumstances leading up to it.
Anyone with information should call police on 101, quoting incident 388S of Tuesday May 5.
