THE victim of a tragic crash on the A30 near Sherborne has been named locally as Yeovil man, Liam Congdon.

It is understood Mr Congdon, in his 20s, was killed after a crash involving a blue Mini Cooper and a blue Volvo articulated lorry, at Babylon Hill at around 4pm on Tuesday (February 20).

On Thursday, Dorset Police confirmed a man from Yeovil had passed away after the crash, having been taken to Bristol’s Southmead Hospital by air ambulance.

Sergeant Geraint Butler, of the Serious Collision Investigation Team, said: “Our thoughts are with the loved ones of the young man who sadly died, and officers are doing all they can to support the family at this extremely difficult time.

“We owe it to them to conduct a detailed investigation to establish the full circumstances of this collision and I would again urge any witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage of the incident to please come forward.

“From our enquiries so far, we believe there were at least two vehicles in the vicinity whose occupants are likely to have witnessed what happened that we have so far not been able to trace. We would urge these people to please make contact with us.

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“We also understand an off-duty nurse stopped to give assistance at the scene and we would be keen to speak to this individual and take their account.

“Furthermore, I would urge anyone travelling in either direction on the A30 between Yeovil and Sherborne around this time of the collision to please review any dashcam footage to see if they have captured anything of relevance, including the movements of the vehicles involved prior to the collision.”

Anyone with information regarding the incident should contact Dorset Police via www.dorset.police.uk, by email to scit@dorset.pnn.police.uk, or by calling 101, quoting incident number 55240026506.