A MAN remains under arrest in hospital today after a fatal crash between Oswestry and Chirk in which a 49-year-old driver died.
At around 7pm on Friday evening (December 2), officers received reports of a crash involving multiple vehicles near the Gledrid roundabout at Chirk.
A black Nissan Qashqai collided head on with a white Nissan Juke on the bridge over the Ceiriog River.
The Nissan Qashqai was travelling southbound on the A5, heading in the direction of Oswestry.
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A spokesman from the police said: "A 27-year-old man, the driver of the Qashqai, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in police custody while he is treated in hospital."
The police stated that there have been no charges at this stage, and there won’t be until he is fit for officers to speak to him.
The driver of the Nissan Juke, a 49-year-old man from Warwickshire, sadly died at the scene.
The driver of the Qashqai was taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital with serious injuries.
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