Police name Shropshire pensioner killed in Cumbria crash
A 71-year-old woman from Shropshire has died in a car accident in Cumbria. Cumbria Police have named her as Jean Partridge, from Whitchurch.
She had to be cut free from the wreckage of her car following the two-car crash in the Eden area of the county.
Officers from Cumbria police said she was driving a purple Ford Fusion on the A683 from Tebay towards Kirkby Stephen when it was involved in a collision with a car travelling in the opposite direction.
"It collided head-on with a silver Nissan Navara travelling in the opposite direction," a Cumbria police spokesman said.
She died at the scene of the accident.
Police today said they were supporting her family. It is believed she was visiting relatives when the accident happened on Friday at 4.45pm.
The driver of the other car, a 41-year-old man from Cumbria, was taken to Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle with minor injuries.
Mayor of Whitchurch, Councillor Rob Hewson, today said: "She was a lovely lady who was well respected.
My thoughts and prayers go out to the family at this sad time."