POLICE have named a woman who died following a head-on crash on a North-East road yesterday as Elizabeth Morgan.

Two other people were injured in the crash and police are appealing for information.

Mrs Morgan, 50, of Willington, County Durham, was driving a Seat Leon east on the A689, near Rushyford, when it is believed she tried to overtake a line of slow-moving traffic.

Her car collided with the rear offside wheel of a Ford Fiesta, continued across onto the opposite carriageway and collided head-on with a Suzuki Vitara.

Both the Seat Leon and the Suzuki Vitara left the carriageway which was closed as a result of the collision and re-opened at 4pm yesterday.

Mrs Morgan, who was alone in the Seat, suffered multiple injuries and was taken to James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough, by air ambulance, where she later died.

The driver of the Suzuki Vitara, a 65-year-old woman from Rushyford, suffered a punctured lung and fractures to her ribs and an arm.

She was taken to Darlington Memorial Hospital where her condition is described as "comfortable".

A passenger in the Suzuki, a 65-year-old man, also from Rushyford, sustained bruising and was also taken to Darlington Memorial Hospital but has now been released.

The driver of the Ford Fiesta, a 57-year-old woman from Chilton, County Durham, was uninjured.

Anyone who witnessed the incident itself or has any information regarding the vehicles involved shortly before it occurred should contact Durham Police’s collision investigation unit on 0191-375-2159.