St Budeaux crash: Tributes left to child, 5, and woman fatally injured on Plymouth road

Tributes have been left to a woman and a five-year-old child who died following a crash in Plymouth.

The incident happened on Victoria Road, St Budeaux, at around 9.45am on Sunday 24 March.

A 74-year-old woman from Plymouth has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and of driving while unfit through drink or drugs. She has since been released pending further investigation.

Police, fire and ambulance services were called to the scene, following reports that a vehicle had collided with two pedestrians.

Two air ambulances were seen landing in a park nearby and South Western Ambulance Service later confirmed that three land ambulances were also sent to Victoria Road.

Sergeant Steve Hawkins from Devon and Cornwall Police said: "Police received a call this morning at around 9.45am reporting that a vehicle had collided with two pedestrians - a female and a child - and that there was a serious injury involved.

"We've attended the scene along with fire and ambulance and very tragically a young five-year-old child and a female have since died as a result of this collision."

The fire, police and ambulance services were at the scene, including forensic crash scene investigators.

Devon and Cornwall Police are appealing for any witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward by calling 101 and quoting incident number 240 of 24 March.