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Two arrests after car crash blaze | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
Police have arrested two men after a crash in which a 59-year-old man died when his car caught on fire | |
Martyn Williams, from Blaina, died shortly after his car crashed with a VW Golf in Abertillery, early on Monday. | |
Gwent Police appealed for two men to come forward after they drove away from the crash scene. | |
One presented himself at a police station and another was arrested shortly afterwards. They are both local men aged 31 and 28. | |
Officers said that the Vauxhall Astra being driven by Mr Williams was in a collision with a purple VW Golf convertible in the early hours of Monday. | Officers said that the Vauxhall Astra being driven by Mr Williams was in a collision with a purple VW Golf convertible in the early hours of Monday. |
The other car drove off from the scene on the A467 at the junction with Bourneville Road, Roseheyworth. | |
A female passenger - believed to be Mr Williams' daughter who is in her early 20s - managed to get out of the car. | |
Paramedics and police officers tried to save Mr Williams. | Paramedics and police officers tried to save Mr Williams. |
Collision investigators worked through the night to identify the cause of the collision. | Collision investigators worked through the night to identify the cause of the collision. |
Mr Williams, who played in a covers band called Magic Bus, worked as a rent collector for Blaenau Gwent council and was well known and popular, friends said. | |
Inspector Huw Watkins, of the Gwent force's road policing unit said: "This is a tragic incident. Our thoughts and condolences go to Mr Williams' family at this time. | |
Officers are appealing for anyone with information to call them on 01633 838111 or the Collision Investigation Unit on 01633 643091 | |