Seven-month-old baby dies in hospital following horror A1 motorway crash
3 January 2025, 12:42 | Updated: 3 January 2025, 13:00
A seven-month-old baby has died in hospital after a horror collision on the A1 in Lincolnshire.
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Police were called to a collision involving a yellow Honda Jazz vehicle and a tree near Grantham shortly after 10.50pm on Thursday evening.
The car left the southbound carriageway around 500 yards from the Spittlegate junction, hit a tree and returned to the road, the force said.
The baby, a seven-month-old, was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead just after 5am, Lincolnshire Police said.
A woman also travelling in the same car suffered serious injuries.
Two other passengers were not seriously injured.
Lincolnshire Police say they are now looking at whether ice was a factor in the crash and confirmed no other cars are thought to have been involved.
The major artery was shut for several hours following the serious collision.
Taking to X/Twitter shortly after 1am on Friday morning, National Highways East Midlands said that the A1 Southbound near Grantham was shut between the A52 Barrowby and the A607 Harlaxton.
The family is being supported by specially-trained officers, the force confirmed.
A spokesperson for Lincolnshire Police said: "The road was closed in both directions while emergency services worked, and the southbound carriageway remains closed by Highways while they carry out investigative work along the roadside.
"We are now investigating the cause of the collision, and while we are keeping an open mind, we are considering whether this was linked to icy conditions on the carriageway in that area.
"We are asking for help from anyone who may have been driving in that area over the past few days to get in touch with information or dashcam they may have which show conditions over the past few days."
