Three “serious” crashes in north Derbyshire in “terrible and tragic night”

Police have described last evening as a “terrible and tragic night” following three “serious” collisions in Clay Cross, Holymoorside and Langley Mill.
By Ben McVay
Published 3rd Apr 2022, 11:54 BST
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One of the early hours collisions in Holymoorside saw an 18-year-old man arrested and a young woman hospitalised with serious injuries after a car collided with a tree.

Another crash caused the closure of Cromford Road at Langley Mill between the A610 and Plumptre Road.

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However a further collision is also understood to have happened at Clay Cross.

Police have described last night as a "terrible and tragic night"Police have described last night as a "terrible and tragic night"
Police have described last night as a "terrible and tragic night"
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Derbyshire Roads Policing Unit tweeted: “Unfortunately a terrible and tragic night across the roads of Derbyshire.

"Three serious collisions in Clay Cross, Holymoorside and Langley Mill.

"Further details will follow in coming days. Some of our night shift only just getting home.”

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