A 71-YEAR-OLD motorist involved in a two-vehicle crash on Fender Lane in Moreton has died.

Police were called to the incident, involving a BMW and a Volkswagen panel van, at around 9am on Sunday morning.

The 71-year-old driver of the BMW was taken to hospital with serious injuries, but police confirmed later that he had passed away.

A post mortem will be carried out to establish the cause of death.

The two occupants of the van did not require hospital treatment.

Fender Lane was closed both ways to motorists for more than five hours for accident investigation and vehicle recovery work.

A police appeal for witnesses has been launched.

Anyone with any information, or dashcam footage of the incident, is asked to contact @MerPolCC, quoting reference 534 of 2 June 2019, or the Roads Policing team directly on 0151 777 5747.