Driver who died after his car hit a tree near Lutterworth has been named

Sam Walton, 25, from Wigston, sustained fatal injuries after the car he was driving left the A426 Lutterworth Road in Dunton Bassett and collided with a tree.

Officers were alerted shortly before 7.45am Yesterday (Monday, December 4) following a report that a car had been seen in a ditch.

The vehicle was located approximately 700 metres from the Dunton Bassett crossroads, on the Blaby side and had been travelling towards Blaby.