AN 18-year-old woman has died following a collision near Cotesbach on Friday evening (December 15).
She was among seven people taken to hospital after a collision involving two cars, a white Citroen C3 and black Mercedes CLK, which happened on the A426 Rugby Road at 8.30pm.
The woman died yesterday (Sunday December 17) as a result of her injuries.
Five people, aged between 18 and 34, were in the Citroen and two people, a man and a woman in their 60s, were in the Mercedes.
The driver and one of the other passengers in the Citroen remain in a life threatening condition. The other two passengers are now in a stable condition but have suffered life changing injuries.
The driver and the passenger in the Mercedes also suffered life changing injuries.
Police continue to appeal for witnesses and dash cam footage.
Det Sgt Ed Des-Chanelle from Leicestershire Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “Sadly we are now investigating this incident as a fatal collision and six other people still remain in hospital with serious injuries.
“We are continuing to carry out enquiries to establish how the collision occurred and would ask anyone who has information or dash cam footage and hasn’t yet spoken to police to please get in touch.”
Visit www.leics.police.uk or call 101 to report information, quoting reference 23*771092.
