A woman who was airlifted to hospital after a serious crash has died.

It follows a collision between a green Nissan Micra and a blue Mini Cooper S on Mount Hill, Halstead at around 11am on Saturday (October 12).

An 87-year-old local woman, the driver of the Nissan Micra, was airlifted to hospital but sadly passed away the following evening.

Officers from our Serious Collision Investigation Unit are working diligently to build a picture of the events leading up to the collision.

Anyone with information, dash cam footage, or CCTV is asked to call 101 and quote incident 468 of 12 October.