Woman fights for life after car collides with roadworks and van in Ely

A woman is fighting for her life in hospital after a collision in Ely on Monday night (14 April).

The woman, in her 30s, was driving a black Vauxhall Astra on Queen Adelaide Way, just before the railway bridge, at 11.24pm when she collided with a roadworks taper, a bollard and then a white Iveco van.

She was cut from her car by firefighters and taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, where she remains in a critical condition. No-one else was injured.

Police have launched an investigation and urged anyone with information or dashcam footage to come forward.

Anyone with information should report this to police online or call 101, quoting Operation Blackpool or incident 643 of 14 April.