Fatal collision, East Budleigh

Police are appealing for information about a fatal collision in East Budleigh, East Devon, yesterday evening, Wednesday 26 May.

The incident occurred at around 10pm on Budleigh Hill and involved a blue Ford Fiesta, with three occupants, colliding with a wall.

Police attended alongside the ambulance and fire service. 

Sadly, one of the occupants, an 18-year-old man from North Devon, was pronounced deceased at the scene. 

Another man sustained serious injuries, not believed to be life-threatening, and is being treated at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, and the third male occupant sustained minor injuries.

Budleigh Hill was closed for several hours while officers conducted a forensic examination of the scene and for the vehicle to be recovered and the road cleared.

Officers from the Roads Policing Team are appealing for any witnesses of the incident, or anyone who was in the area at the time and saw the vehicle prior to the collision, to contact police on 101 or via email at 101@dc.police.uk quoting log 982, 26/5/21.


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