A MAN has died after a car collided with a tree near Bishop’s Waltham last night (Thursday).

Emergency services were called to the B3035, The Hangers, at shortly before 8pm to reports a single vehicle collision. Firefighters removed the man from the vehicle.

The road was closed for several hours while officers carried out investigations at the scene. 

Police attended the scene but the man in his 50s from the Romsey area was pronounced dead. His family are being supported.

Officers are continuing enquiries into how the collision occurred.