Woman Killed After Car Falls 75 Metres Off Horseshoe Pass Road

A woman has died following an incident on the Horseshoe Pass earlier this morning where a car left the road.

The incident took place around 11:30am this morning, and was described as a vehicle ‘leaving the carriageway down an embankment’.

Shortly after 10:30am police were informed that a red Vauxhall Corsa had left the road near to the top of the Horseshoe Pass and was approximately 75 metres down the embankment.

The emergency services were called but sadly the female driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

A team from the North East Wales Mountain Rescue Team were called to assist with retrieving the body.

Sergeant Raymond Williams from the Roads Policing Unit said: “We are appealing for anybody who may have witnessed the incident, or to anybody who may have seen a red coloured Vauxhall Corsa travelling up the Horseshoe Pass prior to it leaving the road to contact us quoting reference number U134728.

The road remains closed at this time whilst enquiries are ongoing.

Contact with the Roads Policing Unit can be made either via 101 or via the live webchat.

In an unconnected incident a man died at a collision ten miles north near Mold earlier today.