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  • 11/12/2023
A mother and son have died in a crash between Chesterfield and Matlock - as Derbyshire police continue to hunt a BMW driver who fled the scene.
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00:00 Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.
00:03 A mother and her son have died in a crash between Chesterfield and Matlock as police
00:08 continue to hunt for a BMW driver who fled the scene.
00:12 A 59-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene and her son, who was 22 years old,
00:18 died later at hospital after being taken there by air ambulance.
00:21 A vehicle collided with their car, a Fiat 500, on the B5057 Chesterfield Road between
00:28 Chesterfield and Matlock on Saturday at around 10.20am.
00:32 A 40-year-old man has been arrested and remains in police custody.
00:36 The driver of the vehicle, a black BMW made off from the scene, remains outstanding.
00:42 Officers are carrying out investigations to trace him.
00:45 Anyone who has information is asked to contact police.
00:48 Quoting reference 23*756758.
00:55 Chesterfield has been named as the happiest place to live across the whole East Midlands
00:59 and was among the top 100 towns and cities nationally.
01:03 Rightmove has released its list of the happiest places to live with Chesterfield topping the
01:07 regional ranking in the East Midlands.
01:09 Nottingham came in second, followed by Lincoln, Leicester, Derby and Mansfield.
01:14 Rightmove compiles the list every year, which is based on the opinions from residents, taking
01:19 into account what makes them happy where they live.
01:22 Over 26,000 people living in towns, cities and villages across the UK have taken part.
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