A MAN in his 60s is the third person to have died after a car and three motorbikes crashed on the A36.

The crash, which took place at Knook at around 10.30am on May 31, involved a red Toyota Prius and three Vespas.

Robert Best, a Vespa rider, was pronounced dead at the scene, and a woman in her 60s riding pillion on a separate Vespa died in hospital on June 5.

Wiltshire Police has now confirmed that a third person, a man in his 60s riding the third Vespa, died from his injuries in hospital yesterday evening (June 12).

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“His next of kin are aware and our thoughts are with his family,” a force spokesperson said.

The family of Robert Best previously released a tribute to him, describing him as being “loved and adored by all who knew him”.

Read more about that here.

Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses and dashcam footage.

Anyone with information is asked to call Wiltshire Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Team on 01225 694597 using reference number 101 of May 31.

Information can also be sent to SCIT@wiltshire.police.uk.