Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a fatal road traffic collision on the B3180 near Daisy Mount, Ottery St Mary last night (Monday 24 November).
The incident happened shortly before 10pm on Monday when a blue Ford Mondeo car was involved in a collision with a male pedestrian outside of the West Hill Nursery.
The pedestrian, a 42-year-old local man, died at the scene following the collision.
He is believed to have been walking along the road at the time of the incident.
Police would like to hear from anyone who may have been driving in...
Police and emergency services attended the scene of a serious road traffic collision on the A361 at Tiverton this morning.
The collision involved a Transit van, a Fiat 500 car and a Nissan Navara pick up.
It happened on the southbound carriageway just past Bolham roundabout at 9.30am.
The drivers of the van and the Navara vehicle, two men both in their 50s, were seriously injured and have been airlifted to Derriford Hospital by air ambulance.
A third male casualty was taken by land ambulance to the North Devon District Hospital but was not seriously injured...
There was anguish etched on the faces of motorists and pedestrians as they passed the spot where a 12--year-old died after being in collision with a lorry.
The boy was crossing Topsham Road close to the Countess Wear roundabout when the accident happened.
He was treated at the scene but died soon after from his injuries.
Many drivers waiting at the traffic lights where bouquets are starting to appear shook or bowed their heads in sorrow.
Some pedestrians, including a mother with her own young son, stopped to read the tributes in silent contemplation....
A motorcyclist was left in a serious condition following a collision on the A35 near Honiton. Police, ambulance and the air ambulance attended the incident which took place at 12.50pm at the junction of Ramsden Lane, Offwell. The collision involved a black Suzuki motorcycle, being ridden by a man in his fifties, and a red Toyota Yaris, being driven by a man in his eighties. The motorcyclist suffered serious chest and leg injuries and was airlifted to Derriford Hospital. His condition is described as life changing. Both men are local to Honiton. The accident happened on Sunday, 24 August...
Police attended a serious road traffic collision on the A361 North Devon link road on Friday morning, 22nd August, at around 11.30am near South molton.
Three vehicles were involved in the collison, a Peugeot 206, a Triumph Spitfire and a Renault Megane.
The Peugeot was travelling towards Barnstaple followed by the Triumph. The Renault was travelling in the opposite direction towards Tiverton
Two surf boards came off the roof bars of the Peugeot and flew into the air, one hitting the female passenger of the Triumph Spitfire (convertible) as the driver tried to take...
The family of a ‘wonderful’ Exmouth grandmother killed in a coach crash in May have paid tribute to her memory.
Police have now confirmed that 59-year-old Margaret Luxton was killed when a coach she was a passenger in left the road and struck a wall near Looe in Cornwall on Tuesday May 13.
68-year-old Carol Muldoon, from Newton Poppleford also died in the crash while many other were left with serious injuries.
Speaking on behalf of the Luxton family, Margaret Luxton’s daughter in law Ruth Luxton said: “A wonderful local Exmouth lady was taken from us far too soon at...
Two women who died in a coach in Cornwall have been named locally as Margaret Luxton and Carol Mundoon. The women died when the coach they were travelling in hit a wall on the A387 near Looe on Tuesday 13 May. 13 people were hospitalised by injuries received in the crash but have now been discharged. Others with minor injuries were assessed and treated by paramedics at the scene. The coach was hired for a trip organised by Exmouth Age Concern. The 57-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and has been released on bail until 11 August. Although named...
