A GIRL involved in a car crash in Thorpe Bay has died. Eleanor McGrath, 14, from Shoebury, had been battling for life at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London since the crash in Tyrone Road on Friday night.

Police have appealed to any witnesses to the accident to contact Rayleigh road policing unit, on 0300 3334444.

Click here for our page dedicated to tributes to Eleanor