AN inquest is to be held after a pensioner was killed when his car left Witley Road at Holt Heath near Worcester and hit a brick wall.

Derek Preece, 72, died following the smash near the turning to Ockeridge, at 5.30pm last Tuesday.

Mr Preece, of Wells Lane, Little Witley, was driving a blue Vauxhall Astra.

A police spokeswoman said: "An inquest into the circumstances surrounding Mr Preece's death is to be opened in due course."