UPDATE:  

Please note that the Esterley Tibbetts Highway road closure has been lifted. The road is now open.

Emergency personnel were called to the scene  of a serious collision which occurred along Esterley Tibbetts Highway this morning- Tuesday 16th October 2012.

As a consequence the area of the highway between the Bank of Butterfield Roundabout and the Camana Bay Roundabout was closed.

About 6.07am a Nissan box truck, which was traveling towards George Town, and a Hyundai van, which was travelling towards West Bay, collided on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway, close to the AL Thomson roundabout.

The female driver of the Hyundai died at the scene. The male driver of the truck was not injured and has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and suspicion of DUI.