Southam teenager who died in car crash is named

Seventeen-year-old Jake Matthew Brain, of Welsh Road West, was killed and four other people were injured when the blue MG ZR sports car he was driving hit a tree and overturned in Napton Road at around 7.20pm last Friday (July 27).

The car had been travelling from Napton towards Stockton when it left the road. Ambulance crews, the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance and police were called to the scene, where the car had landed on its roof.

A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “Unfortunately, it quickly became apparent that nothing could be done to save the driver of the car and he was confirmed dead at the scene.”

Four passengers, three men and one woman, all believed to be in their late teens, suffered multiple minor injuries in the crash. The three men were taken to University Hospital, Coventry and the woman was taken to Warwick Hospital.

Police are investigating the crash. Anybody witnesses should call Pc Christopher Scriven on 415415.