Amber weather warnings issued as child dies in car crash after temperatures plummet to -7C
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Up to 40cm snow to blanket parts of England amid warnings of snow drifts and freezing rain. Amber weather warnings for snow and ice have been issued across most of England and Wales, as temperatures plummeted to -7.4C and a baby boy was killed after a car lost control on the A1.
![[Snow in Allenheads, Northumberland]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/03/07/SEI234768681.jpg)
Up to 40cm of snow is forecast in parts of northern England this weekend, with the Met Office warning of the potential for the icy and windy conditions to bring snow drifts and freezing rain – leading to some treacherous conditions. With two yellow weather warnings in force across swathes of Scotland and England on Friday, and snow falling widely north of the border as temperatures plummeted well below freezing overnight, three hillwalkers were rescued overnight in the Cairngorms.
![[Four weather warnings will be in force over the weekend]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/03/17/Screenshot-2025-01-03-at-17.09.35.jpg)
More than 20 mountain rescuers and a Coastguard helicopter were scrambled to aid with a nine-hour rescue operation after three walkers made a call for help at around 9:45pm near the summit of the Lairig Ghru mountain pass, which reaches a height of 835m above sea level. All have since been reported as safe.
It came after a car lost control on a dual carriageway and hit a tree, on the A1 near Grantham, with police investigating whether the crash shortly before 11pm was linked to the below-freezing conditions. The car left the southbound carriageway around 500 yards from the Spittlegate junction, hit a tree and came to rest on the road.
