A MAN had died following a collision between a lorry and a VW Polo on the A65 at Skipton yesterday evening.

North Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses and dash-cam footage after the crash which occurred at around 5.50pm on the A65 Skipton by-pass near the junction with The Bailey and Harrogate Road.

Police say the white lorry was travelling towards Harrogate and the silver Polo was travelling in the opposite direction.

The driver of the Polo died at the scene. The driver of the lorry was uninjured.

Ambulance and the fire service was called to attend.

In order to deal with the collision, the road was closed to traffic between Grassington Road roundabout and the A65/A59 roundabout.

Both police and the fire service tweeted the road would be closed 'for some time' while work was carried out to deal with the incident.

Officers are appealing to anyone who was in the area at the time and saw the silver VW Polo or the white lorry either before the collision, or who witnessed the crash to contact them.

If anyone has any dash-cam footage of either vehicles prior to or at the time of the collision, please also get in touch with the police.

Anyone who can help the investigation is asked to call North Yorkshire Police on 101 and pass information for the investigating officer, PC Adam Elliott or email Adam.Elliott@northyorkshire.pnn.police.uk

Please quote incident number 12190226249 when passing on information.

The road was closed to allow emergency services to attend to the collision and to allow collision investigators to examine the scene. It reopened at around 2am today.

No further details regarding the deceased have been released by police at this time.

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