A man dies and a girl, one, fights for life after a van hits their broken-down car in Hampshire
Sutton Scotney Services on the A34 in Hampshire, near where a family's broken-down Citroen was struck by a Mercedes Sprinter van on Friday, killing a man in his 40s.The A34 in Hampshire, where investigators are probing how long the stranded Citroen sat before a van struck it, also injuring a woman and a second child.
A 33-year-old van driver from Walsall was arrested on careless driving suspicions — causing death and causing serious injury — after his Mercedes Sprinter hit the stationary Citroen Grand C4 Picasso on the southbound A34 near Sutton Scotney at 3.13pm on Friday. The Citroen's driver, a man in his 40s, died at the scene. A woman and a second child were also injured.
Conditional bail was granted to the van driver, with a return date of December 4.
The Citroen had broken down near Sutton Scotney Services shortly before the crash.
Police want dash-cam footage from the A34 between Upper Bullington and Worthy Down, 3pm to 3.20pm.
