March 31, 2016 9.17 am This story is over 96 months old

Police name two killed in bank holiday A15 crash

The two people killed in a serious collision on the A15 south of Lincoln on Bank Holiday Monday have been identified. Barbara Tunnicliffe, 59, from Heckington, and Roger Burman, 63, from Navenby, both died in the crash on the A15 near to the village of Cranwell. The incident took place approximately half a mile south…

The two people killed in a serious collision on the A15 south of Lincoln on Bank Holiday Monday have been identified.

Barbara Tunnicliffe, 59, from Heckington, and Roger Burman, 63, from Navenby, both died in the crash on the A15 near to the village of Cranwell.

The incident took place approximately half a mile south of the Cranwell turning and involved two cars – a silver Vauxhall Astra and a green Volkswagen Golf.

Roger, the driver of the Golf, was pronounced dead at the scene. His passenger, a local woman aged 58 is in a serious condition in hospital.

Barbara, a passenger in the Astra, died shortly after the collision. The driver, a local man aged 63, is also in hospital with serious injuries.

The Serious Collision Team are appealing for any witnesses who saw a green VW Golf travelling south along the A15 or a silver Astra travelling in the opposite direction prior to the collision.

Anyone with information should contact the Collision Witness Hotline on 01522 558855, quoting incident 112 of March 28.

The crash brings the total number of people killed on Lincolnshire roads since the beginning of 2016 to 18.