THE man killed in a head-on collision in a Tadcaster road has been named by police as Brian John Walker.

Mr Walker, 37, who lived at an address in Golf Links Crescent in the town, died on Wednesday night when two cars collided in Wighill Lane.

A teenager who was in the same car as Mr Walker and suffered serious injuries, has been released from York Hospital.

The driver of the other car, who suffered neck and arm injuries and was taken to York Hospital by air ambulance, has also been discharged.

The collision, between a silver Toyota MR2 and a silver Ford Mondeo, occurred at about 4pm on Wednesday when, according to police, the Toyota crossed the central white line.

Updated: 10:41 Saturday, July 12, 2003