The incident occurred on the A483 near Welshpool, Powys, on Saturday evening.

A child in the car in which the driver died was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries.

Stephen Cox is serving a 22-year sentence for the assaults on seven women in the 1980s and 1990s.

The road will be fully closed for seven weeks before Christmas for repair works to take place.

Current plans would see two air ambulance stations permanently closed, with a new one opening.

Stephen Cox was found guilty of indecently assaulting seven patients in the late 1980s and 1990s.

Alex Edwards, a 22-year-old apprentice engineers, died when his motorcycle and a van crashed.

About 580 plants were found at two addresses in the centre of Welshpool, police said.