A SEVENTY-five-year-old man has been named as the victim of a fatal road traffic accident in Wix, near Manningtree.

A SEVENTY-five-year-old man has been named as the victim of a fatal road traffic accident in Wix, near Manningtree.

Frank Richard Parr died yesterday after his car collided with an Essex Fire Service van, believed to have been travelling in the other direction along the A120 Wix bypass.

Mr Parr, who lived in Frinton-on-Sea, was confirmed dead at the scene but the fire service employee driving the van was unharmed.