An 81-year-old local man died in a road tragedy in Saltash yesterday.

999 services were called to the scene in St Stephen’s Road at around 4.30pm.

The incident involved a silver Peugeot MPV.

One fire appliance from Saltash fire station, another from Camels Head and the rescue tender from Bodmin were sent to the scene, where firefighters released two people from the vehicle using crash rescue equipment.

But the man, said to be local to the Saltash area, died at the scene of the collision.

Officers from the Roads Policing Team and Serious Collision Investigation Team are appealing for witnesses to come forward quoting log number DCP-20180303-0521