THE man who died in a crash on the A34 near Tufton at the weekend has been named.
Simon Shore, 53, was pronounced dead at the scene on Saturday.
At around 5.45pm, on the northbound carriageway near the Tufton crossroads, a Vauxhall Zafira was involved in a collision with a HGV lorry.
The front seat passenger of the Vauxhall Zafira, 53-year-old Simon Shore from Highworth in Swindon, Wiltshire, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver, a 40-year-old man, and two rear seat passengers (a 13-year-old girl and 38-year-old man) sustained minor injuries.
The driver of the HGV, 48-year-old Piotr Janowski from Poland, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
He will appear at Basingstoke Magistrates today (Monday).
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