An 82-year-old man died yesterday after crashing his car into a barrier while parking in Wantage.

At 10.30am, the pensioner was parking a silver Ford Focus in the Waitrose car park, when he “suffered a medical episode” and crashed.

He was taken to Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital, but died later that morning.

Police are treating the death as unexplained and are appealing for witnesses.

Anyone with any information should call Pc Matt Hunt on 0845 505505 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.