Police launch appeal following tragic crash which killed two women from Peterborough

Police have launched an appeal for witnesses following a tragic collision which saw two women from Peterborough die on Friday night.

Northamptonshire Police said the incident happened at about 9.40pm on Friday, April 22 at Ashton, near Oundle, and saw a blue BMW crash into a tree. No other vehicles were involved in the incident.

Police said the driver and the passenger of the BMW – both 22-year-old women from Peterborough – sadly died in the crash.

A spokesman for Northamptonshire police said investigations were on going to try and find the circumstances that led to the collision.

The spokesman said: “At about 9.40pm on Friday, April 22, a single vehicle left the access road to Greenwood Manor in Ashton, and for reasons yet to be established collided with two trees.”

The two women have not been named by police.

An East Midlands Ambulance Service spokesperson said a number of medics were called to the scene following the collision.

The spokesperson said: “We received a call at 10.29pm on Friday 22 April to Ashton, Peterborough. The caller reported a Road Traffic Collision. We sent a paramedic in an ambulance car, a crewed ambulance and a responder from the Air Ambulance.”

Anyone with information about the collision is asked to contact Northamptonshire police, either by email at [email protected] or alternatively by calling the Drivewatch Hotline on 0800 174615 or by calling Northamptonshire Police on 101, quoting Incident number: 22000229008.