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Elderly man DIES of injuries sustained in crash with LAMP POST on A419 in Swindon

byDaniel Jae Webb
5 May 2018 • 9.03am
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A man’s dies in hospital following a crash on the A419 in Swindon on Thursday.

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Around 5.30pm, a Nissan Micra failed to negotiate the exit bend of B4006 near the Royal Mail sorting office and collided with a lamp post and fence.

The road was closed for around three hours while emergency services worked at the scene.

The 78-year-old male driver, from Swindon, sustained life-threatening injuries and was taken to Southmead Hospital after being extricated from the car, but sadly died of his injuries.

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