Monday, 11 March 2013

Witness Appeal to Fatal Collision

Bedfordshire Police are appealing for witness and information after a man died when his car crashed into a field near Ireland on Friday (March 8).
 
The collision occurred at 6.38am as the 70-year-old driver was travelling alone in his beige Skoda Yeti along Ireland Road, adjacent to A600 between Shefford and Rowney Warren.
 
It is not known what caused the driver to swerve off the road and an investigation has been launched. Pc Chris Naughton is appealing for anyone who may have seen the Skoda Yeti in the area that morning, or saw other vehicles in the area at the time that may have been the cause for the driver to lose control.
 
Pc Naughton said: “The car was travelling towards Ireland from the B568 and clipped the nearside kerb before leaving the road and rolled into an adjacent field. The collision was reported after the car was seen by a passing motorist. Sadly the driver was pronounced dead at the scene.”
 
“The time and remote location of this collision makes it very difficult to establish what caused the driver to swerve off the road. Something may have been in the road to cause him to swerve or perhaps another vehicle, whatever the reason it is right that we understand the circumstances that led to this man’s death.”
 
If anyone has information about traffic on Ireland Road on Friday morning please contact the Collision Investigation Unit in confidence on 01438 757506.
 
Alternatively contact the non-emergency number 101, text information to 07786 200011, or contact independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111, or online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org
 
 
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