Appeal for witnesses after fatal M40 crash

THAMES Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after a fatal road traffic collison on the M40 near Thame, in which a pensioner died.

At about 3pm today (2/3) Roads tPolicing officers attended reports of a serious road traffic collision on the northbound M40 between Junction 8a and 9, involving a single vehicle, a Volvo OX90.

The motorway was closed for collision investigation work to be carried out and was reopened at 5.45pm this evening.

A male in his 70’s was declared dead at the scene. A female in her 70’s was taken to the JR2 hospital in Oxford by air ambulance with serious injuries.

If you have any information about this collisoin, please contact the investigating officer PC Julia Stroud of Roads Policing Serious Collision Investigation Unit at Bicester, quoting URN 859 (2/3) via the Thames Valley Police Enquiry Centre on 101.

If you don’t want to talk directly to the police you can contact the independent charity Crimestopers anonymously on 0800555 111 or online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org. No personal details are taken, information is not traced or recorded and you will not go to court.