Two people have died following a serious crash yesterday evening.

Police were called to Redbourn Road in St Albans at 11.45pm on Wednesday, October 9.

A silver Mercedes Benz 350 and a silver Peugeot 308 convertible were found to have collided with each other.

A woman, 55, who was driving the Peugeot, and a 72-year-old man driving the Mercedes were pronounced dead at the scene.

Both ends of Redbourn Road were closed to allow emergency services to deal with the incident.  The road has now reopened.

Police Constable Felicity Moody of the serious collision investigation unit, said: “Our thoughts are very much with the families and friends of both drivers and specially trained officers are supporting them at this very difficult time.

“We are investigating what happened and as part of this would like to hear from anyone who saw the collision or who may have seen the vehicles prior to it.

“If you were in the area at the time and have a dash cam fitted, please review it and contact us with any relevant footage.”

Anyone with information about the collision is asked to report information online at herts.police.uk/report, speak to an operator in the Force Communications Room via online web chat at herts.police.uk/contact or call the non-emergency number 101, quoting ISR 900 of 9 October.