POLICE are appealing for information after two people were killed in an accident on the Ebley bypass last night.

The crash at 6.45pm involved a silver VW Golf travelling towards the Dudbridge roundabout and a blue Vauxhall Vectra travelling in the opposite direction towards Stonehouse.

The male driver and the female passenger of the VW sadly died and were pronounced dead at the scene.

A male passenger in the Golf was taken to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the Vauxhall, a man, was also taken to GRH with injuries described as not life-changing.

Anyone who may have information on this incident is asked to contact Gloucestershire police on 101, quoting incident number 415 of November 15.