A YOUNG woman from Colchester has died after a head-on crash near Brantham.
Sarah Catherine Lee, 24, of Colchester was killed after her blue Ford Focus was in collision with a white Audi on the B1080 Manningtree Road, between Stutton and Brantham, on Saturday afternoon.
The Audi driver, Matthew Ian Anderson, 24, of Holbrook, Suffolk, was also killed in the crash which took place half a mile from the junction with the A137.
Both drivers were cut free from their vehicles by Suffolk fire crews however they were pronounced dead at the scene.
Another man in his 20s, who was a passenger in the Ford Focus, was taken to Colchester General Hospital with relatively minor injuries.
Police cordoned off a section of the road while they launched an investigation.
Anyone who witnessed the incident should call Pc Roy Dade from Suffolk police's serious collision investigation team on 01473 613500.
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