Baby boy dies after A1 car crash in icy conditions
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Temperatures were below freezing at time of crash on Thursday. A seven-month-old baby has died after a car lost control on a dual carriageway and hit a tree, with police investigating whether the crash was linked to icy conditions. Police were called to a single-vehicle collision involving a yellow Honda Jazz on the A1 near Grantham in Lincolnshire at just after 10.50pm on Thursday.
The car left the southbound carriageway around 500 yards from the Spittlegate junction, hit a tree and came to rest on the road. The baby boy was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead just after 5am on Friday, Lincolnshire Police said. A woman also travelling in the same car suffered serious injuries, while two other passengers were not seriously injured.
There were no weather warnings in place for Grantham at the time of the crash, but Met Office records show temperatures were below freezing at 11pm on Thursday. On Friday afternoon, the southbound carriageway remained closed with drivers told to follow a diversion via the A46.
A yellow weather warning for ice and snow comes into force for most of England, including Grantham, at noon on Saturday. The town is also covered by an amber alert from 6pm Saturday until noon on Sunday, with the Met Office warning of travel delays on roads and the potential for some vehicles and passengers to become stranded.
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