A woman has died and a nine-year-old girl is in hospital with serious injuries after a crash involving a limousine and a car.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the incident, with six other passengers across both vehicles also injured.

The black Mercedes 220E limousine and black Citroen DS3 collided at a crossroad junction between Wellingborough Road and Broughton Road in Pytchley, near Kettering, at about 10.15pm on Tuesday, Northamptonshire Police said.

The woman, in her 40s, who was a passenger in the Mercedes, died at the scene.

The girl, also a passenger in the vehicle, was taken to Birmingham Children's Hospital, the force said.