Wakefield Road death crash man named

Apr 21 2009 By Sam Casey

POLICE have this morning named a 34-year-old man who died in Flockton at the weekend.

Paul Anthony Fleming was the passenger in a car which crashed on Wakefield Road around 9.35pm on Saturday evening 500 metres away from the National Coal Mining Museum.

Mr Fleming who is from Heckmondwike was the 12th victim on the road, where local councillors and MPs have called for action after a spate of raod deaths.

The driver of the vehicle, a 24-year-old man was admitted to hospital, but his injuries were not thought to be life threatening.

An inquest on Mr Fleming, will open and be adjourned in Bradford today pending further investigations.

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