AN ELDERLY driver has died after her car smashed into a wall earlier today.

A blue Renault Clio crashed into the wall on an unnamed road near the B4000 at Woodlands St Mary between Hungerford and Lambourn.

The driver, in her sixties, died at the scene shortly after the crash at around 10.15am.

Investigating officer Police Constable Kyle Bateman of Roads Policing said: “We are appealing for anyone who might have witnessed this collision which took place on an unnamed road off the B4000 between Hungerford and Lambourn.

“Anyone who has any information about this incident and has not yet contacted police is asked to call 101 quoting 456 12/5.”

The driver's next of kin have been informed.