Two people died in separate car crashes at the weekend.

A motorist was killed after a car hit a tree and burst into flames. The driver, who has not been named, was in an Audi estate car which skidded off the B4012 Thame to Tetsworth Road, near Tetsworth, shortly after midnight, on Saturday.

The vehicle burst into flames after ploughing into a tree at the side of the road.

Fire crews from Thame were first on the scene but could do nothing to save the man, who was travelling alone.

*A woman died following a three-car crash in Chipping Norton which left three other people injured yesterday.

The accident, involving three saloon cars, happened close to the Holy Trinity School on the A44 London Road, shortly after 4pm.

Story date: Monday 08 February

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