Gosport Man arrested after Woman Dies in Fatal Droxford Crash Officers from the Hampshire Road...

Published: 12:08 pm August 24, 2017
Updated: 4:50 am October 8, 2025
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Gosport Man arrested after Woman Dies in Fatal Droxford Crash

Officers from the Hampshire Road Death team are appealing for witnesses after a woman died following a collision near Droxford yesterday evening. Officers were called at 5.05pm yesterday (23 August) to a collision involving a Mazda and an Audi on the A32 Wickham Road, near Droxford. The three occupants of the Mazda – two women and a man – were taken to Southampton General Hospital. A woman from Wiltshire, who was the rear seat passenger of the Mazda, was later pronounced dead. The male driver and the other female passenger suffered minor injuries. The driver of the Audi, a 36-year-old man from Gosport, has been arrested in connection with the collision. He remains in custody at this time. A road closure was in place in both directions from the junction with Cott Street to the junction with Midlington Hill. The road has now re-opened. If you have any information relating to this case, please call 101 quoting reference ‘44170326835’

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