A WOMAN has died after her car plunged 75 metres from the top of a mountain beauty spot.

The woman, who has not yet named, was pronounced dead at the scene after the road traffic collision on the Horseshoe Pass between Llangollen and Llandegla on Monday morning.

Shortly after 10.30am police were informed a red Vauxhall Corsa had left the road near to the top of the pass, and was about 75 metres down the embankment.

Emergency services were called but the female driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

Sgt Raymond Williams from the North Wales Police Roads Policing Unit said: “We are appealing for anybody who may have witnessed the incident, or to anybody who may have seen a red coloured Vauxhall Corsa travelling up the Horseshoe Pass, prior to it leaving the road, to contact us quoting reference number U134728.”