Man arrested after armed robbery and fatal crash in Manea
A man was dead in a silver Ford Focus
Police are investigating a robbery followed by a fatal road collision in Manea yesterday evening (22/10) .
Officers were called at about 7.15pm with reports of an armed robbery at Manea Post Office, in Park Road.
At 7.30pm, officers were alerted by ambulance crews to a car in a water-filled ditch in Byall Fen Drove, Manea.
Road policing officers found a man dead in the silver Ford Focus.
A 25-year-old man was discovered uninjured close by and arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and drink and drug driving. He remains in custody.
Officers are linking the vehicle in the ditch with the robbery and investigations continue, with an appeal for witnesses and dashcam footage.