A TEENAGER who died after his car collided with a lorry has been named by police.

Adam Clarke, aged 17, of Windmill Lane, Preston-on-the-Hill, near Warrington, died of multiple injuries in the collision, which happened on Wednesday, January 16.

His Rover car was heading towards Runcorn along Northwich Road, Dutton, at around 1.10pm when it collided with a lorry heading in the opposite direction, towards Northwich.

An inquest into his death was opened earlier this week and adjourned to a later date.