A woman who died in a crash - which has left her eight-year-old daughter fighting for life - has been named by her devastated family. 

Emergency services were called at 8.50pm on Friday to reports of a single vehicle collision on the westbound carriageway of the A35 Upton Bypass, just before the Baker's Arms roundabout.

Police said a silver Vauxhall Astra left the road and landed in a ditch.

The driver was 28-year-old Chloe Lloyd, who lived locally, and sadly died at the scene.

Her eight-year-old daughter Lexi sustained very serious injuries and was airlifted to Southampton General Hospital. Her condition remains critical and her family is by her side.

In a statement, Chloe’s family said: “We are all absolutely heartbroken at the sudden loss of our beautiful Chloe and our sole focus at this time is to be with Lexi. We would ask for privacy at this very difficult time.”

Both the eastbound and westbound carriageways were closed between the Holes Bay and Baker’s Arms roundabouts. The closures were lifted at 7am on Saturday.

Officers are urgently appealing for witnesses to come forward.

Police Sergeant Sarah Jones, of the traffic unit, said: “Our thoughts remain with Chloe and Lexi’s family.

“Our investigations into this collision remain ongoing and I would again ask anyone who witnessed what happened and have not yet spoken to officers to please contact Dorset Police.

“I would also urge any motorists with dashcams fitted in their vehicles to please check their systems to see if they have any footage that may be relevant to my investigation.”

Earlier, Sgt Jones said: “We are carrying out a full and thorough investigation into this collision and I am keen to hear from anyone who was travelling along this stretch of the dual carriageway at the relevant time and witnessed the collision or the Astra being driven immediately before. 

“I would also urge any motorists with dashcams fitted in their vehicles to please check their systems to see if they have any footage that may be relevant to my investigation.

“We closed this road to allow emergency services to treat those involved and for collision investigators to establish what happened. I would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding.”


Anyone with information is asked to contact Dorset Police at www.dorset.police.uk, via email at scit@dorset.pnn.police.uk or by calling 101, quoting incident number 3:418. Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or via www.crimestoppers-uk.org.