Storm Bert tragedy as man in his 60s dies after tree falls on car

A man aged in his 60s has tragically died after a tree fell onto a car he was in, police have said.

Hampshire Police said the force was called at 7.47am on Saturday to the southbound carriageway of the A34 near Winchester, between Kings Worthy and Winnall.

Once there, emergency services found the driver of a black Mercedes E350 dead at the scene. It is unclear if the incident was related to Storm Bert, police said, but the cause is under investigation.

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A silver Skoda Kodiaq was also damaged but no other injuries were reported. Hampshire Police said the man’s family has been informed. Lengthy lane closures have been put in place and the force is appealing for anyone with information to come forward, particularly anyone with relevant dashcam footage.

Elsewhere, a 34-year-old man was killed when a car he was driving left a road and hit a brick wall in the early hours, a seperate force revealed.

West Yorkshire Police reported a 'single-vehicle collision' in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The incident took place at 12.59am on Moorhead Lane in Shipley at the junction with Beechwood Grove. Officers found a blue Renault Captur, which had been travelling towards Saltaire, had collided with a wall.

The driver, an unnamed 34-year-old man from Bradford, was treated at the scene but pronounced dead a short time later.

Again, police said It was unclear whether the incident was related to Storm Bert, but it is understood the road was not affected by ice at the time. The road remains closed while the scene is cleared.

In Ireland, two men have been killed in a road crash in Co Donegal. The two-car collision happened on the N15 at Liscooley near Castlefinn at around 10pm on Friday night.

Storm Bert is battering the country with strong winds, heavy rain and snow and ice with amber warnings coming into force bringing a “potential risk to life and property”.

Travel is widely disrupted with roads closed and some train routes cancelled throughout Saturday with rail companies urging passengers to avoid travelling to certain areas. Winds of up to 68mph have been recorded and 13cm of snow has fallen in some parts of the country on Saturday morning, a Met Office spokesperson said, while 38 flood alerts are in place across the UK.