Emergency services were called to the junction of Town Lane and Wight Moss Way, at around 4.10pm Monday 9th March, to reports that a Toyota Aygo had crashed into a lamppost.
The driver, a man in his 70s, was taken to hospital.
He was sadly pronounced dead a short time later.
Police are keen to speak to anyone who witnessed the collision, or has any CCTV or dashcam footage and would ask anyone with information to contact @MerPolCC, 101 quoting reference 20000150215 or the Roads Policing Unit on 0151 777 5747.
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