Formby crash victim named as father-of-one Stephen McCambridge

54 year-old who suffered heart attack had recently become grandad

A man who died after a car crash in Formby has been named by police as Stephen McCambridge.

Police said the father-of-one from Formby died as a result of a heart attack after his black Land Rover Freelander was involved in a crash on Saturday night.

The crash happened at the Cross Green roundabout outside Express Dry Cleaners at the junction with Liverpool Road, Formby. He taken to Southport Hospital but died a short time later. Today his family paid tribute in a statement to the 54 year-old who had recently become a grandad.

“We as a family are completely devastated by the death of Stephen. "Stephen was a loving husband, father and more recently a grandfather. "He was a well-respected kind, caring, loving man who doted on his family."

Police today confirmed a 19 year-old man from Southport arrested on suspicion of manslaughter has been released on bail.

A Home Office post mortem has been carried out and has concluded that the 54-year-old driver of the car died as a result of a heart attack.

Officers are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the collision to contact Sefton CID on 0151 777 3055, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Flowers and handwritten notes have been placed next to the temporary barriers that were erected at the scene.

A card left with the bouquet read: “Thinking of you at this sad time. Lots of love.”

Merseyside Police said they believe the man may have been arguing with “someone known to him” shortly before the accident.

A police spokesman said officers “believe that the man who died may have been involved in an earlier argument with someone known to him shortly before, at the junction of Cross Green and Altcar Road, before returning to his car and driving off”.

Police were also investigating a scene a few hundred meters away from the crash scene at the junction of Altcar Road and Church Road.

The police cordon cut off an area between Rose Path and Cross Green Close.

Detectives are keen to speak to anyone who may have witnessed the incident and officers are appealing to anyone with information about the collision to contact Sefton CID on 0151 777 3055.