A woman has died after a collision between Linton and Haverhill on Friday evening (March 15).

Jean Merritt, 86, of Wheatsheaf Way, Linton, was driving a blue Daihatsu Sirion when she was involved in the collision with a blue Nissan Micra near Horseheath.

Emergency services attended and she was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital, in Cambridge, where she died on Monday, March 18.

An 85-year-old woman, who was a passenger in the car is in a serious but stable condition. 

Anyone who witnessed the collision or has relevant dashcam footage is urged to contact us via this website using reference CC-15032024-0513.