Man dies in Godshill crash

By Jamie White

Sunday, July 29, 2012

 

A MAN in a wheelchair has been killed after he was in collision with a car on Saturday night.

The incident, which also involved a 4x4 vehicle, happened on the Newport Road in Godshill at 10.40pm, near to the Chilli Farm.

The man,  from Godshill, who was in the wheelchair received fatal injuries on the unlit stretch of road and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The road was closed for seven and a half hours by the Isle of Wight Roads Policing Unit and buses were diverted, while police carried out investigations.

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 quoting Operation Bellino.

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