A man in his 60s has died after a tree fell on a car on the A34 near Winchester, Hampshire Police said. The force was called at 7.47am to the southbound carriageway between Kings Worthy and Winnall and found the driver of a black Mercedes E350 dead at the scene.
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. It comes after a 34-year-old man died when his car span off the road and hit a stone wall.
The man died at the scene when his Renault hit a stone wall in Shipley, West Yorkshire at 1am this morning, Saturday. Police remain at the scene in heavy snowfall. Officers were called at 12.59am The driver was given emergency treatment but could not be saved.
A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: “Police are appealing for witnesses after a man died in a road traffic collision in Shipley. A blue Renault Captur, which had been travelling north-east towards Saltaire, had collided with a wall.
“The driver, a 34-year-old man from Bradford, was given emergency treatment but was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later. A road closure has remained in place while the scene is being cleared.” Officers are appealing for anyone who witnessed the collision or saw the vehicle being driven in the area in the time leading up to it, particularly anyone with relevant dashcam or CCTV footage, to contact them.
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.
The two men, both aged in their 30s, were in one of the vehicles involved. A woman and a man, both aged in their 70s, who were travelling in the second car were taken to Letterkenny Hospital for treatment to serious injuries. A second woman, aged in her 30s, was treated for non-life threatening injuries.
The road remained closed on Saturday morning to facilitate an examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators. Gardai are appealing for any witnesses to the collision to come forward. They are also appealing for any road users who may have camera footage, including dash-cam, who were travelling in the area at the time of the crash to make the footage available.
Thousands of homes are without power, roads are flooded and flights have been cancelled – but the worst of Storm Bert is still to come, according to UK power chiefs. Winds of up to 70mph are set to batter coastal areas and, as temperatures rise on Saturday, melting snow and heavy rain are causing flooding.
The National Grid said around 4,000 homes in its region of the Midlands, south-west England and south Wales, are without power. Ross Easton, of Energy Networks Association (ENA) – which represents the UK’s power network operators, said: “There are a few localised weather -related power cuts in parts of Britain this morning. However, for most parts of the country the severe weather hasn’t yet had a significant impact.
“Forecasters are describing this as a ‘multi-hazard event’ with the worst of the weather yet to arrive, and so our members have extra engineers and contact centre teams available, and control rooms are monitoring the storm closely as it develops.”
The M48 Severn Bridge in Gloucestershire was closed because of strong winds, and the A66 in County Durham was closed both ways between the A67 and A645 due to snow. Traffic has been at a standstill on the M80 near Castlecary, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Flights were disrupted at Newcastle Airport as heavy snow hit the North East overnight and into Saturday morning. Some arrivals were diverted to Belfast and Edinburgh while the airport’s snow team tried to minimise disruption.
Six weather warnings remain in place and Scots are being urged not to travel “unless absolutely necessary” as Storm Bert continues to cause travel disruption across the country. Forecasters have predicted as much as 40cm of snow on high grounds in Scotland as central areas remain in an amber alert for snow and ice until 5pm today.
Avanti West Coast has cancelled its service between Edinburgh and Carlisle all day on Saturday with the next direct service from Carlisle not scheduled to run until Sunday afternoon. Further south, heavy showers are hitting England. The Met Office forecasts heavy rain developing overnight and into Sunday for south-west and southern England, stretching from Oxford to Truro.
The yellow warning is in place from 6am Saturday until 11.45pm on Sunday and up to 70mm of rain could fall during this time. There is a chance that some places over Dartmoor could see 100-150mm of rainfall, the national weather service said.
The Championship football match between Blackburn Rovers at Portsmouth at Ewood Park, Lancashire, was postponed due to torrential rain flooding the pitch. A wind warning covers coastal areas of southern England and Wales from 9am on Saturday until 9pm on Sunday.
UK Power Networks, the operator for the east and south-east of England, has warned people to stay away from overhead power lines amid the gusts.