Man dies after car crash on A47 in Cambridgeshire

It happened at around 5.15am

Author: Henry WinterPublished 27th Apr 2023

A 72-year-old man has died after a crash on the A47 in Cambridgeshire this morning.

Officers and paramedics were called to the A47, at its junction with the A1 southbound at Wansford, at about 5.15am and found a blue Land Rover Freelander had left the road.

The driver, a 72-year-old man from Bourne, Lincolnshire, was pronounced dead at the scene.

No other vehicles or people were involved.

Sergeant Aaron Murphy, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Road Policing Unit, said: “This was a very sad incident and I would like to hear from anyone who may have seen the vehicle before it left the road.”

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