A13 crash: Two killed in head-on collision after car ‘driven wrong way down dual carriageway’

Woman in her 70s and man in his 40s both die as result of their injuries

Police were called to the Witch's Hat junction of the A13 in Dagenham early on Monday morning (Google Maps)

Two people have been killed after a car was driven the wrong way along a dual carriageway, police said.

Officers were called after a car was seen driving towards oncoming traffic on the eastbound A13 in east London at about 1.45am on Monday.

The car was involved in a head-on collision with a taxi, believed to be a London black cab, which was travelling in the opposite direction at the Witch's Hat Junction, near Dagenham.

Both the driver of the car, a woman in her 70s, and the taxi driver, a man in his 40s, died, police confirmed.

The Metropolitan Police and London Ambulance Service both attended the scene.

A Met spokesman said: "Police were called to the Witch's Hat junction of the A13 in Dagenham at 01.45hrs on Monday, December 31 to reports of a car travelling the wrong way down the carriageway.

“Shortly afterwards, the car was involved in a collision with a taxi heading in the opposite direction.

“Despite the efforts of paramedics, the driver of the vehicle travelling in the wrong direction, a woman in her 70s, and the taxi driver, aged in his 40s, both died as a result of their injuries.

“Next of kin have not been informed.”