Police name woman killed on A5 in Shropshire
A woman who died on Sunday following a collision between a lorry and a car on the A5, was today named at Laura Jane Thomas, aged 20, from Great Haywood, Stafford.
She and a 19-year-old man had been travelling in a silver Vauxhall Astra on the westbound carriageway of the A5 between Telford and Shrewsbury.
It’s thought the vehicle was stationary when it was involved in a collision with a lorry at around 8.25am.
Miss Thomas was airlifted to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire in Stoke but was pronounced dead on arrival.
A post mortem was being held today and an inquest will be opened over the next few days.
The man was taken to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.
Police have renewed their appeal for witnesses who saw the collision or the circumstances leading up to it. Contact West Mercia Police on 101.
