The victim of a fatal road crash near Seend on Tuesday morning has been named as Austin Reginald T Meatyard.

Police have confirmed he was a 71-year-old farmer from Bulkington.

Mr Meatyard was thrown from his short wheel base Land Rover when it was in a head-on collision with a silver Southern Electric van at 7.34am.

The crash happened on the unclassified road between the A361 at Seend, by The Bell pub, to Poulshot.

Police immediately closed the road. The van driver was uninjured.

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