The man who died in a crash on the A49 on Thursday, November 19th has been named as 36 year old, Joseph Mayers from Hereford.

Police have appealed for witnesses to the fatal crash. The following statement has been released by West Mercia Police.

At around 10.57am on Thursday, November 19th a collision occurred on the A49 at Kingsthorne, Hereford.

A red Renault Clio, which had been travelling on the A49 in a northbound direction towards Hereford and a DAF XF lorry travelling in the opposite direction, were involved in collision next to Helen’s Wood, Kingsthorne, south of the junction with the A466.

The driver of the car, a 36-year-old man from Hereford, Joseph Mayers, was pronounced dead at the scene, his next of kin have been informed. The driver of the lorry, a 29-year-old man from the Stoke-on-Trent area was treated by paramedics at the scene, but did not require hospital treatment.

Police are appealing to anyone who witnessed the collision or who was in the area at the time to contact them on 101 quoting reference 192S 191115.