Kibworth Crash Victim Named

A man who died in a crash on the A6 near Kibworth yesterday has been named.

Chiranjeevi Panguluri was a passenger in a grey Mazda 3 Tamura car, which left the road and came to rest in a ditch.

The 32-year-old from Leicester was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver and three other passengers, one woman and two men were all taken to hospital.

The men remain in hospital with serious injuries, which have been described as ‘not life threatening’ by Police.

The crash happened on Harborough Road – close to Kibworth Tip – at around 5.45am, as the car was travelling towards Market Harborough.

Officers remain keen to speak to anyone who may have been travelling along the A6 on Tuesday morning and witnessed the collision.

They would also like people to check whether they have captured any footage on dash cam equipment.

Anyone who can assist is asked to contact 101 or via www.leics.police.uk, quoting incident 74 of 10 December.

• A 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of death by dangerous driving and has since been released on police bail.