A 22-YEAR-old man has been killed in a Flintshire crash over Easter weekend, police have confirmed.

North Wales Police are continuing their appeal for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision on the A548 in Gronant which took place at around 4.54am on Sunday, April 17.

The crash involved a silver BMW and also saw one person taken to hospital in a critical condition.

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A spokesman for NWP said: "The person taken to hospital was the driver, a 27-year-old man. The deceased was a 22-year-old male travelling as a passenger in the car.

"The referenced vehicle in this statement is a silver BMW 520. These two males were the vehicle’s only occupants. An investigation into this incident remains ongoing."

Sergeant Emlyn Hughes, added: “We are appealing to anybody who was in the area or may have witnessed the collision that occurred at approximately 4.54am to contact us.”

Witnesses or anybody with information or dash cam footage that could assist the investigation are asked to contact North Wales Police on 101 quoting incident number 22000263059.