A MAN who was arrested in relation to a fatal crash in Hereford has been released on bail.
The 57-year-old was held in custody on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, failing to stop at the scene of a collision and failing to report a collision.
It was after emergency services were called to Holme Lacy Road, in the Rotherwas area of the city, in the early hours of Sunday (October 8) morning.
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Police received reports that a man had been left seriously injured on the road after a crash.
Despite the efforts of paramedics the man, aged 55, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Holme Lacy Road was subsequently closed from the Chapel Road/relief road roundabout to the Dinedor junction. It eventually reopened shortly before 3pm.
Anyone who may have seen the victim, or was near Rotherwas Industrial Estate towards Holme Lacy Road after 1am on October 8, is urged to contact PC Jonathan Lynes by emailing jonathan.lynes@westmercia.police.uk quoting incident 68i of Sunday 8 October, 2023.
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