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Police name A47 victims

POLICE have named the two men who died in a collision on the A47 yesterday morning.

Michael Elcombe, 45, of Cley Road in Swaffham, Norfolk, sadly died when the bus he was driving was involved in a collision with a HGV at about 7.30am.

Brian Chapman, 76, of Cherry Road in Kettering, who was a passenger on the bus, also sadly died at the scene.

In addition to the two fatalities, a further 17 people were injured as a result of the collision. Six received serious injuries and the remaining minor. The majority of the people injured were from Peterborough, with one from Hunstanton in Norfolk.

The circumstances of the collision are being investigated, but no arrests have been made.

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