Overview
- The blue Ford Fiesta carrying four teenagers left Redricks Lane on Wednesday at about 9:05 p.m. and hit a tree in Sawbridgeworth.
- Passenger Megan Swann, 17, died at the scene as two other teenage girls were taken to hospital with serious injuries.
- Police arrested the 17-year-old driver on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and causing injury by dangerous driving.
- The Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Serious Collision Investigation Unit is leading inquiries and is asking witnesses to share dash‑cam footage.
- Her family issued a tribute describing Megan as bright and loving and asked for privacy, while the joint collision unit focuses on the most serious road crashes across the three counties.