A MAN has died after a road accident in Hampshire.

The victim's silver-coloured Volkswagen was in collision with an Iveco van in Eastfield Lane, Ringwood. He is thought to have suffered a fatal heart attack either just before or just after the collision.

South Central Ambulance Service said paramedics arrived within three minutes but were unable to save the man's life.

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He lived in the New Forest but no other details will be released until his relatives have been told.

Two other people were injured in the collision. A man in his twenties suffered neck and back injuries and was airlifted to Poole General Hospital by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance.

Another person hurt in the crash was taken to the Royal Bournemouth Hospital.