Bristol Post

Police City man dies following crash on A30

- Conor GOGARTY Chief reporter conor.gogarty@reachplc.com

ABRISTOL man has died following a crash on the A30 near Tisbury in Wiltshire

The collision happened close to the village of Sutton Mandeville at around 5.20pm on Monday. It involved a red Honda Jazz and a blue Range Rover Sport.

The driver of the Honda, a 20-year-old man from the Bristol area, was taken to Southampto­n Hospital but died overnight.

A Wiltshire Police spokespers­on said: “His family have been informed and our thoughts are with them at this very sad time.

“Two passengers in the car, a 19-year-old woman from the Salisbury area and a 20-year-old man from the London area, remain at Southampto­n Hospital with serious injuries.

“A third passenger from the Honda, a 20-year-old man from the London area, and the driver of the Range Rover, a 54-year-old man from Salisbury, were taken to Salisbury District Hospital with less serious injuries.”

Emergency services were at the scene to carry out investigat­ions and a section of road was closed until around 3am.

PC Charlotte Sartin, from Wiltshire Police’s Collision Investigat­ion Unit, has appealed for any witnesses to come forward.

She said: “We are now carrying out a thorough and detailed investigat­ion into the cause of this collision, and, although we spoke to a number of witnesses at the scene yesterday, we are appealing for anyone else with informatio­n to call us.

“We need to speak to anyone who witnessed the actual collision or who saw either car beforehand.

“We’re particular­ly keen to hear from anyone who may have dash cam footage or private CCTV footage which may assist our enquiries.”

Anyone with informatio­n should call Wiltshire Police on 101, quoting reference 5420 011 4405.

Alternativ­ely you can call Crimestopp­ers anonymousl­y on 0800 555111.

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