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Five dead in separate collisions - BBC NEWS: Monday 18 June 2007

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Five people died and a car driver is in hospital after six separate accidents in Cambridgeshire over the weekend.

A pedestrian, thought to be in his 20s, was killed on the A142 near Stuntney and a 66-year-old man died on the M11 near Madingley, both early on Sunday.

Later, a biker died on Fletton Parkway in Peterborough, and an 88-year-old man in Milton Road, Cambridge.

A man in his 70s died in Little Downham on Friday and a driver is in hospital after a crash in West Wratting.

Witness appeal

Cambridgeshire Police said they were investigating the accidents and have appealed for witnesses and information.

The first collision happened at 0130 BST on the A142 near Stuntney when a car driven by a 48-year-old man from Ely hit a pedestrian, believed to be in his 20s.

The second took place at 0215 BST on the southbound carriageway of the M11 near Madingley when a lorry hit a 66-year-old pedestrian from the Cambridge area who died later in hospital.

A 37-year-old motorcyclist from Northamptonshire was killed on the eastbound carriageway of the A1139 Fletton Parkway in Peterborough, in the third accident.

In the fourth an 88-year-old man died after he was in collision with a motorcycle on Milton Road in Cambridge.

On Friday evening a driver in his late 70s died when his Volvo V40 car left the road on Cannon Street at the junction with Church Street in Little Downham.

"The serious injury crash happened on Sunday afternoon and involved a Citroen Saxo and a Ford Fiesta near The Common in West Wratting," said a police spokesman.

"The Citroen driver, a man in his 20s from Bedford, suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge where he remains in a critical condition."
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Pedestrian killed in crash named - BBC News, Monday, 18 June 2007

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A pedestrian killed on the A142 in Cambs has been named by police.

Craig John Hammond, 23, of Crown Square, King's Lynn, Norfolk, died when he was hit by a Citroen Xantia on the A142 near Stuntney on Sunday.

The driver of the Citroen, a 48-year-old man from Ely, Cambridgeshire, was not injured.

A police spokesman said anyone who saw the collision, or what happened in the moments leading up to it, should contact Cambridgeshire Police.

In another accident on Sunday, at 0215 BST, on the southbound carriageway of the M11 near Madingley, a lorry hit a 66-year-old pedestrian from the Cambridge area who died later in hospital.

In a third incident, a 37-year-old motorcyclist from Northamptonshire was killed on the eastbound carriageway of the A1139 Fletton Parkway in Peterborough, in the third accident.
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Wheelchair user killed in crash - BBC News; Monday 18 June 2007

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An elderly man in a wheelchair has been killed in a crash involving a motorcyclist in Cambridgeshire.

David Sulam, 88, of Chesterfield Road, Cambridge, was killed in the crash in Milton Road, Cambridge, on Sunday.

The driver of the Yamaha motorbike, a 57-year-old man from the city, suffered serious injuries in the collision and was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital.

Cambridgeshire police appealed for anyone who witnessed the early evening crash to contact them.
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