A mother-of-two has died after she crashed her car while trying to drive herself to the hospital after allegedly being stabbed .

Eleanor Barnfield, 47, was attacked at a retirement village in Bridgend , South Wales , on Monday morning.

Neighbours said that the housing association worker attempted to drive herself to the hospital, The Telegraph reported. However, she only managed to drive 300 yards before collapsing at the wheel and crashing into a wall on Coity Road.

She died in hospital on Monday afternoon.

Eleanor Barnfield died earlier this week (Family handout)

Police have arrested a 61-year-old man from Bridgend on suspicion of murder following an investigation around Ger-y-Nant, which is owned by the Valleys to Coast housing association, where Ms Barnfield worked.

A statement from South Wales Police said: “Officers were called to Coity Road, Bridgend at around 12:43pm on Monday October 19, following a report of a road traffic collision, wherein a car had collided with a wall.

“Upon attendance,…