Police were this morning continuing to appeal for information on a crash which left one man dead and two others in hospital.

A 21-year-old man was killed when a white Peugeot 306 he was travelling in and a silver Vauxhall Astra collided on the A44 north of Woodstock at the junction with the B4027 to Glympton, at 10.55pm on Saturday.

Two others, a 23-year-old man a 17-year-old boy, suffered serous injuries and were taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

A man and a woman in the silver Astra, both aged 26 and from Worcester, were not injured.

The road was closed for five hours while police launched an investigation.

Anyone with information should contact police on 08458 505505 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.