The incident happened at around 9.40am this morning (Monday, June 20) on the A583 Blackpool Road near to the Ribby Hall roundabout when a silver Honda Civic and black Kia Picanto were involved in a collision.

The driver of the Kia, a 78 year old local man, was sadly pronounced deceased at the scene.

The driver of the Honda, a 75 year old man, was taken to Royal Preston Hospital where he was treated for minor injuries.

The road was closed for six hours to facilitate an investigation.

PS Adam Dawson of the Road Policing Unit said: “This is a tragic incident where a man has sadly lost his life and my thoughts remain with his loved ones at this time. An investigation to establish exactly how this collision came to occur is already underway and I would urge anyone who witnessed what happened to contact us.”

Anyone with information can contact police on 101 quoting log 334 of 20th June