Witness appeal after woman dies following Thornbury crash

POLICE are calling on witnesses to come forward to a crash in Thornbury which claimed the life of a woman and left a man badly injured.

The woman was a passenger in a Honda Jazz car which officers say was being driven along Rock Street, towards Midland Way, when it collided with a wall shortly after the Streamleaze junction (pictured above) at about 10.50am on Thursday May 4.

An Avon and Somerset police spokesperson said: “The male driver and female passenger were seriously injured.

“Sadly, the woman died in hospital on Wednesday May 10.

“The driver remains in a critical condition in hospital.”

“The woman’s family are being supported by a specially-trained officer.”

Police say no other vehicles were involved in the collision.

They have called on anyone who witnessed the collision or recalls seeing a Honda Jazz car in the area that morning to call 101 and quote the incident reference number 5223 103 620.