A SOLDIER who died when the car he was in overturned on the A34 has been named.

David Liddon, 20, died when the black Vauxhall Corsa flipped on the southbound carriageway, near Drayton, at 2.30am on Saturday.

A spokesman for Oxford coroner's office said Mr Liddon was with 3 Logistic Support Regiment, stationed at Dalton Barracks in Abingdon.

Three other people in the car, two women and a man, were treated for minor injuries.