Man, 52, and woman, 21, are killed after their car plunges off road and into a dyke as parents picked up children from nearby primary school
- White Fiat Punto came off Tyler’s Bridge in Chapel St Leonards yesterday
- Emergency services were scrambled to the scene where man pronounced dead
- Woman was rushed to hospital but later died with no one else in the car
Two people have died after a car plunged off a bridge and into water as children were coming out of a nearby school.
A man, 52, and a woman, 21, were travelling in a white Fiat Punto in Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire, when the vehicle came off Tyler’s Bridge at around 3.30pm yesterday.
Emergency services were scrambled to the scene, near Chapel St Leonards Primary School, but the man was pronounced dead.
The woman was rushed to hospital but later died.
A man, 52, and a woman, 21, were travelling in a white Fiat Punto in Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire, when the vehicle came off Tyler’s Bridge at around 3.30pm yesterday
Emergency services were scrambled to the scene, near Chapel St Leonards Primary School, but the man was pronounced dead
A Lincolnshire Police spokesman told Lincs Live: ‘At 3.22pm a white Fiat Punto entered a waterway on Sea Lane, near the primary school.
‘Despite the efforts of members of the public and emergency services, a 52-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.
‘The other person in the car, a 21-year-old woman, was taken to hospital but later died.’
MailOnline has contacted police for further comment.
Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 quoting Incident 263 of 24 February or email [email protected] with Incident 263 of 24 February as the subject.
Pictured: Crash scene near Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire on Monday