A 15-YEAR-old killed when the car in which she was travelling plunged down a 30ft embankment has been named as Joanne Loris, from Bromyard.

The teenager, a back seat passenger in the Ford Orion which left the A44 Worcester Road at 9.40pm on Tuesday, died from her injuries in Hereford General Hospital.

The male driver was today in a stable condition at the hospital while a male front seat passenger was discharged yesterday.

Police are investigating the incident at Linton, near Bromyard, and are appealing for witnesses.

They are advising anyone wanting to pay their respects to the Queen Elizabeth High School pupil at the scene of the crash, to approach it via the railway line.

This can be accessed from the wood yard, situated on the Bromyard side of the old railway bridge. Any witnesses should call PC Colin Mears on 01432 276422.