A woman has died following a crash on the A369 Martcombe Road, near Easton-in-Gordano, this morning (Wednesday, February 13).

A Toyota Rav4 driving towards Bristol and away from the M5 left the carriageway at about 6.45am and hit a lamppost before sliding down a grass embankment.

The car’s driver, a woman in her 50s, received treatment at the scene but sadly died shortly afterwards.

The road was closed until 9.50am to allow specialist collision investigators to examine the scene.

Avon and Somerset Police want to hear from anyone who was in the area at the time of the incident who may have information which could help their inquiry.

Anyone able to help is asked to contact the collision investigation unit via 101, providing the call handler with the reference CI-29/19/1822.