2 people killed in car crash in east London

LONDON - A woman in her 70s and a taxi driver were killed early Monday in a horrific crash after the woman was seen driving the wrong way down a dual carriageway in east London.

London police rushed to the A13 in Dagenham, east London, at 01:45 GMT on Monday, but were too late to stop the car before the crash.

The taxi driver is thought to be in his 40s.

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police confirmed the accident, saying that shortly after the car travelling the wrong way down the carriageway, "the vehicle was involved in a collision with a taxi heading in the opposite direction. Next of kin have not been informed."

The road is currently closed as investigations and a clear up is carried out.

A similar crash in October saw three people die, after driver John Norton, 80, and his partner Olive Howard, 87, took a wrong turn down the M40 northbound carriageway.