Elderly Driver Dies In Market Harborough

An elderly man has died after it is believed he fell ill while driving in Market Harborough.

Police and East Midlands Ambulance Service were called to Western Avenue at 10.30am, after a car collided with a bush outside the shops.

A spokesperson for Leicestershire Police told Hfm: “Officers attended a single-car road traffic collision on Western Avenue, Market Harborough.

“East Midlands Ambulance Service also attended the scene and treated an 86-year-old man who it is believed became ill while driving.

“He was pronounced dead at the scene and next of kin have been informed.”

Three other parked cars were damaged in the incident, although no other injuries were reported.

A spokesperson for East Midlands Ambulance Service said : “We received a call at 10.19am this morning, Friday 8 January to Western Avenue, Market Harborough. The caller reported a Road Traffic Collision. We sent two paramedics in ambulance cars, a crewed ambulance and a doctor.”

Police say officers are preparing a file for HM Coroner.

Western Avenue was closed to traffic between Grenville Gardens & Fairfax Road, and an area cordoned off to pedestrians while emergency services worked at the scene.

Scene of the police incident on Western Avenue in Market Harborough.
PIC: ANDY CARPENTER

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