A CYCLIST who died in a collision in Widnes has been named locally as 33-year-old Michael Davies.

Mr Davies, a former Helsby High School pupil from Kingsley, lived in Runcorn with his wife and one-year-old daughter.

Flowers and tributes have been left at the scene of the accident in Birchfield Road.

The fatal collision involved a Ford Mondeo and a van at 4.12pm on Thursday, June 12.

The police are keen to speak to anyone who witnessed the collision or has any information.

If you can help, call Cheshire Police on 101, quoting incident number 675 of June 12.

If you wish to pay your condolences to Mr Davies, please leave your messages here or e-mail newsroom@worldgroup.co.uk.