DEVIZES father-of-four David Harrison, 41, was killed on Friday afternoon when his car hit a railway bridge at the bottom of Spin Hill, Market Lavington.

Campaigners have been pushing for a 40mph limit on the road since the death of Sharon Oliver from Market Lavington in a crash in April last year.

Mr Harrison, of Nursteed Meadows, Devizes, and formerly of Hartmoor Road, Devizes, was pronounced dead at the scene at 2.30pm. There was no other vehicle involved.

An inquest into Mr Harrison's death is due to be opened by Wiltshire coroner David Masters tomorrow in Swindon.

Mrs Lorraine Harrison suffers with fibromyalgia and is confined to a wheelchair. Mr Harrison, a painter and decorator by trade, was her full-time carer.

A former neighbour of the family in Hartmoor Road paid tribute to him. "David was a wonderful man and a wonderful neighbour. There was nothing he wouldn't do for people. If I ever needed any help with anything, I knew I could always count on him."

In June, Mr Harrison was sentenced to a three-year community rehabilitation order after he was convicted of downloading indecent images of children from the Internet.

Market Lavington parish councillors agreed on Monday to support a county council proposal to introduce a 40mph speed limit on the road between the top of Ledge Hill and the foot of Spin Hill.

They had originally wanted a 30mph limit to run the length of both Ledge Hill and Spin Hill, as well as on the B3098 between Market Lavington and Easterton.

Parish council chairman Peggy Jones said: "We agreed to write and ask the county council to implement the 40mph limit as soon as possible."

Brian Minter, who has spearheaded the campaign for the speed limit since Mrs Oliver's death, said he was saddened to learn of the latest fatality.

He said: "I have virtually given up on it. I am fed up hearing cars hurtling past on that road and nothing being done about it. The whole process has been taken at the speed of a tortoise. I just wonder how many more people are going to die on that road before County Hall finally get its finger out and implements the restrictions."