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A family have paid a loving tribute to a 76-year-old man who was killed in a road traffic collision in Leyland.

Emergency services were called to reports a van had crashed into a lamppost in Wigan Road at approximately 1.50pm on Tuesday (December 6).

Ambulance crews, a number of police vehicles and two fire engines from Chorley and Leyland attended the scene.

Firefighters rescued one person – later named as 76-year-old John Randall, from Leyland – from the van before placing him into the care of ambulance crews.

John Randall sadly died after his van crashed into a lamppost in Wigan Road, Leyland (Credit: Lancashire Police)

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North West Ambulance Service said Mr Randall was taken to hospital following a “medical incident,” where he sadly later died.

In a tribute released on Wednesday (December 7), his family said: “It is with great sadness that John Randall, father of two sons and a grandfather to nine grandchildren, died on Wigan Road.

“He was loved by all who knew him and would do anything for his family.

“RIP Grandad.”

Family pay heartbreaking tribute to Leyland man who died after van crash on Wigan Road

Lancashire Police confirmed a file would be passed to HM Coroner in due course.

“Our thoughts are with his loved ones at this distressing time,” a spokesman for the force added.