[31 JUL 00] CRIMES, FIRES & ACCIDENTS
Two Die In North Warwickshire Crashes

Two men died on North Warwickshire roads in separate single-vehicle collisions over the weekend.

A teenager from Atherstone was killed at the scene when his car was in an accident at The Common, Baddesley Ensor, near the junction with Merevale Lane.

A police spokeswoman said: 

“The Alpha Romeo was travelling from Baddesley towards Baxterley when it left the road and was in collision with a tree.”

The victim has been named as Christopher Jones, aged 18, of Watling Street, Atherstone.

Coleshill traffic police would like to hear from witnesses to the crash about 2.45pm on Friday.

And a lorry driver died after his vehicle hit a stationary car and then went down an embankment on a motorway hard shoulder.

The lorry was heading south down the M42, between junctions 10 (Tamworth) and 9 (Coleshill) about 7.45pm on Sunday.

The dead man has been named as Alexander George Mair, aged 63, of Wakefield, West Yorkshire. 

PC Hurry of the traffic department would like to hear from witnesses on 01926 415000.