POLICE have named the man who died in a road accident in Hampshire.

Graham Vaughan, 64, was only a short distance from his home in Eastfield Lane, Ringwood, when his car was in collision with a van.

His widow Jane said he would be sorely missed by his family, friends and colleagues.

Mr Vaughan was driving along Eastfield Lane on Monday when his car collided with an Iveco vehicle that was travelling in the opposite direction.

The van was being driven by a 21-year-old man from Poole, Dorset, who was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

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