A47: Breakdown recovery vehicle driver fatally struck by car

Part of the A47 Uppingham Road has been closed as a result of the crash

A breakdown recovery vehicle driver has died after being struck by a car in Leicestershire.

Officers were called to the A47 Uppingham Road, near East Norton, at about 09:20 GMT on Friday.

Police said the crash involved the driver, who was outside the vehicle at the time, and a black Audi A4.

The driver died at the scene, with the Audi driver uninjured and a child inside the car taken to hospital as a precaution.

The road has been closed for much of Friday while Leicestershire Police examine the scene.

Det Sgt Lisa Wood said: "We are appealing for anyone who may have seen the collision or the circumstances leading up to it."