West Mercia Police have provided an update following a collision on the A49 near Ludlow on Tuesday.

A spokesperson said:

“Sadly we can now confirm that a 79-year-old woman and a 78-year-old man died at the scene of the collision. Their next of kin have now been informed.”

Officers are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision on the A49 near Ludlow, Shropshire on Tuesday morning.

At around 11.30am a car and lorry collided on the A49 near to the Sheet road roundabout, Ludlow.

Anyone who witnessed the collision or has any information or dash-cam footage which may help with the investigation is asked to email Pc Jackson jack.jackson@westmercia.police.uk quoting incident 195i of 24 January.