Two people have been killed after a car was driven the wrong way along a dual carriageway, police said.
Officers were called after a car was seen driving towards oncoming traffic on the eastbound A13 in east London at about 1.45am on Monday.
The car was involved in a head-on collision with a taxi, believed to be a London black cab, which was travelling in the opposite direction at the Witch's Hat Junction, near Dagenham.
Both the driver of the car, a woman in her 70s, and the taxi driver, a man in his 40s, died, police confirmed.
The Metropolitan Police and London Ambulance Service both attended the scene.
A Met spokesman said: "Police were called to the Witch's Hat junction of the A13 in Dagenham at 01.45hrs on Monday, December 31 to reports of a car travelling the wrong way down the carriageway.
“Shortly afterwards, the car was involved in a collision with a taxi heading in the opposite direction.
“Despite the efforts of paramedics, the driver of the vehicle travelling in the wrong direction, a woman in her 70s, and the taxi driver, aged in his 40s, both died as a result of their injuries.
“Next of kin have not been informed.”
