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Coventry man dies in horror crash involving pick-up truck and car

A COVENTRY man has been killed in a crash involving a car and a pick-up truck in the Cotswolds.

Two men died and two men suffered serious injuries in the collision near Church Westcote yesterday (Sunday, December 9).

Emergency services attended when a grey Nissan car and a black Ford pick-up truck crashed on the A424 between Stow-on-the-Wold and Burford at about 9.15am.

Gloucestershire Police says the driver of the Nissan, a 50-year-old man from Coventry, and a passenger in the pick-up truck, a 74-year-old man from Devizes in Wiltshire, were pronounced dead at the scene.




The driver of the pick-up truck, a 63-year-old man from Devizes, was airlifted to Southmead Hospital in Bristol with serious injuries and remains in a stable condition.

A 61-year-old man from Devizes who was another passenger in the Ford pick-up truck suffered serious injuries and was taken to John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, where he remains in a stable condition.


Next of kin have been informed and the road was closed for a number of hours while a collision investigation took place.

Anyone who witnessed the collision or the vehicles being driven before the collision should call Gloucestershire Police on 101 and quote incident 121 of December 9.