Car involved in fatal Totton crash was stolen and had cloned plate

Police say a car which was involved in a fatal crash in Totton had cloned plates and was stolen.

Officers were called at 3.16am on Thursday 13 June to a report of a collision involving a lorry and a silver Peugeot 107 on the A326, at the junction with Monkton Lane.

Emergency services attended but despite their best efforts the driver of the car, a 51-year-old man from Christchurch, was pronounced deceased at the scene. His family have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers.

The silver Peugeot has been confirmed to have been equipped with a cloned licence plate and the vehicle stolen from Fordingbridge Car Park, Round Hill, Fordingbridge, on 23 December 2023.

The force also believe that a second vehicle may have been in the area at the time of the collision, with the occupants being potential witnesses, but left before police attended.

If anyone has any information regarding ether of these vehicles, please call 101 quoting reference number 44240247966.

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