A man has died after a collision in a market town near Castle Donington. Police were called to reports a Renault Clio had crashed into a tree on Station Road, Melbourne, just before 4.30am on Saturday (March 11).
The man, who had been driving the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash closed Melbourne Road between its junctions with Main Street, Kings Newton and Slade Lane, near the Donnington Park Farmhouse.
The road was shut for around nine hours from just before 5am as investigations took place. A resident who lives inside the cordon said forensics officers had been at the scene, reports Derbyshire Live.