Police have tonight identified a man who died after his car struck a lamppost on the Stanground Bypass, this morning.
Philip Howes, 56, of Juno Way, Peterborough, was driving a red Ford Fiesta, which crashed on the A605 shortly after 7.40am.
A police spokesman said: “He suffered a medical episode which caused him to lose control of the car and crash into a lamppost.”
An ambulance and the air ambulance were among the emergency crews called to assist Mr Howes, however he was pronounced dead at the scene.
A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service Trust said: “We were called to a road traffic collision at the Stanground Bypass in Peterborough at 7.40am today.
“An ambulance, two rapid response vehicles, an ambulance officer and the East Anglian Air ambulance attended.
“Despite the best efforts of emergency services, the patient sadly died at the scene.”
The bypass was closed for several hours after the collision.
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