Woman dies after car crashes into rail bridge

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A woman has died following a collision in Herefordshire.

Emergency services were called to reports of a crash in Moreton-on-Lugg this afternoon.

A spokesperson for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 1.41pm to a bridge near the railway crossing on Moreton on Lugg.

"An ambulance, paramedic officer and a Mercia Accident Rescue Service (MARS) BASICS emergency doctor attended and arrived to find a car which had collided with a bridge.

"The driver, a woman, was being given CPR by an off-duty nurse.

"Sadly nothing could be done to save the woman and she was confirmed dead a short time later on scene."

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