Westbury A3098 head-on collision victim dies

A man died when he was involved in a head-on crash on a rural road.

The victim, aged in his 60s, was declared dead at the scene on the A3098 between Chapmanslade and Westbury.

Wiltshire Police said a BMW and a Ford Mondeo were involved in the crash, at about 16:30 BST on Monday.

The Mondeo driver, from Frome, died while a passenger in the BMW, a man in his 20s, was taken to hospital by air ambulance with potentially life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the BMW, also a man in his 20s, was also flown to hospital with serious injuries not thought to be life-threatening.

Two rear seat passengers suffered minor injuries.

Police have appealed for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage of the crash, outside Chalcot Park Farm, to contact them.

In a statement regarding the man who died, police said: "His next of kin have been informed and our thoughts are with his friends and family."

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