A 26-year-old mother-of-two has died after the car she was travelling in overturned on a dual carriageway.

Grace Estep, from Kings Langley, suffered fatal injuries in a crash which took place in Hemel Hempstead on Tuesday afternoon.

The emergency services were called to reports of a collision just before 5pm involving three cars on the A414 St Albans Road, near the town centre.

Grace was a passenger in a Fiat 500 and suffered serious injuries. Police confirmed on Tuesday evening that she had died.

Today, Grace’s family paid tribute describing her as someone they “truly cherished”.

Her parents said: “Grace was the most loving, caring mother to our two beautiful grandbabies, Alfie and Ruby, and was also the most wonderful daughter, who we truly cherished.

“The light in our universe has been extinguished. May you rest your beautiful soul in peace, love mummy and your King ×××.”

Tributes have also poured in for Grace on social media from family and friends.

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Grace Estep

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the fatal collision.

The crash involved a white Fiat 500, a silver BMW, and a white Toyota.

The driver of the Fiat, a woman in her 20s, was seriously injured.

The other two drivers involved were also injured, including one which police are describing as “badly”.

Sergeant Tom Daly, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire road policing unit, said: “Our thoughts are with Grace’s family and friends at this extremely sad and difficult time.

“We are continuing to conduct extensive enquiries to determine the circumstances surrounding the collision and are keen to hear from anyone who witnessed what happened and has not yet spoken with police.

“We are keen to hear from anyone who witnessed the collision and has not yet spoken with police. Equally, if you have a working dash cam fitted to your vehicle and you were travelling along St Albans Road at the time of the incident, we would like to hear from you.

“If you live in the vicinity of the collision and have either CCTV or a doorbell camera fitted to your property, please get in touch as you may have captured something of interest.”

Sgt Daly added: “I would ask that people with footage of the incident contact police and refrain from posting videos and photos on social media. This can only add to the distress of everyone those involved.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact Sgt Daly at tom.daly@herts.pnn.police.uk, report information online at herts.police.uk/report, or call 101 quoting reference ISR 495 of 25 August, or Operation Windrow.