Essex Crash: Woman killed and children among four hurt

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A woman in her 80s was killed and four others, including girls aged five and two, were injured a crash in Essex.

The dead woman, from Hertfordshire, was a passenger in a Vauxhall Astra which collided with a Volkswagen Polo at Little Wigborough near Colchester.

The female Polo driver, 37, and a five-year-old passenger were "seriously injured" and taken to the Royal London Hospital.

Other casualties were less seriously hurt after the crash on Saturday.

The crash happened on Peldon Road just after 13:00 BST, police said.

The Astra driver - a woman in her 50s from Mayland, near Chelmsford - and the two-year-old girl in the Polo were taken to Colchester Hospital with minor injuries.

All those in the Polo were believed to be from Chester.

Police have appealed for witnesses or anyone with information to call them.