A YOUNG woman killed when the car in which she was travelling collided head-on with a lorry on the York ring road was today named by police.

Rebecca Whitwell, 20, of Ashton Road, Stockton-on-Tees, died when the Renault Clio in which she was a passenger crashed on the A1237 between the Haxby and Wigginton roundabouts.

The driver, Michelle Johnson, 21, of Mowbray Lane, Stockton-on-Tees, was taken to York Hospital with serious injuries after the accident at about 10am yesterday. Her condition today was described as stable.

Updated: 16:02 Tuesday, January 14, 2003