TRIBUTES have been paid to a man who died following a crash between his car and a lorry in Redditch.

John Dyer, aged 44 of Winyates East died after his black Nissan Qashqai was involved in a crash with a white Mercedes lorry on Alders Drive, Redditch.

Mr Dyer was described as a loving father to Aiden and Natasha and a loving husband to wife Lisa, who he had been with for 26 years after meeting as childhood sweethearts.

The sales rep who worked in Redditch was said to love his job as he enjoyed meeting new people and travelling around.

His wife Lisa said that John was part of a very close family and he was always on the go.

She said: "He loved helping people and was regularly fixing computers, cars, phones and lawnmowers.

"He enjoyed working on his cars and loved his Land Rovers.

"John spent a lot of time in his shed and in the garden, he would help anyone and would never say never.

"John will be sadly missed by his family and friends and we would like to thank everyone for their kind messages at this difficult time."

West Mercia Police is continuing to appeal for any witnesses to the crash which occurred just before 7.55am on Monday, April 25.

Please contact PC Paul Bosley on 101, quoting incident number 0076S of 25 April 2016.