A woman in her 70s was driving down the wrong way of the carriageway when she collided with a taxi at the Witch’s Hat junction.
Emergency services were sent there early this morning, including two ambulance crews and an air ambulance.
A police spokesperson said: “Police were called to the Witch’s Hat junction of the A13 in Dagenham at 1.45am on Monday, 31 December to reports of a car travelling the wrong way down the carriageway.”
“Shortly afterwards, the car was involved in a collision with a taxi heading in the opposite direction.”
“Officers and LAS attended the scene. Despite the efforts of paramedics, the driver of the vehicle travelling in the wrong direction, a woman in her 70s, and the taxi driver, aged in his 40s, both died as a result of their injuries.”
The road has now been reopened after emergency services cleared debris.
Tags: Travel, A13, Barking and Dagenham
