POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a fatal head-on crash west of Winchester.

A front seat passenger in a Vauxhall Cavalier was killed in the collision with a Vauxhall Vivaro, on the A30 near Stockbridge, at about 4pm on Thursday, April 19.

The driver of the Cavalier was taken to the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester.

The Vauxhall Vivaro contained five members of a family from Suffolk. An 18-year-old passenger was seriously injured. The remaining three passengers and driver had minor injuries. All of them were taken to hospital.

Police were yesterday still trying to confirm the identity of the driver and passenger in the Cavalier.