Police have appealed for help in trying to establish how Monday's fatal accident occurred.

Annabel, driving a Citroen Saxo, was following a van which overtook a JCB digger. It's believed she was in the act of overtaking when her car collided with an on-coming Transit van.

It was being driven by a 72-year-old man from Weston-super-Mare who was taken to The Royal United Hospital, in Bath, with chest injuries but was released later the same day.

PC Tom Wilson, from the Salisbury traffic section, said five vehicles were involved, the Citroen Saxo, the Ford Transit, the JCB, a green Land Rover Discovery and a silver Ford Mondeo estate.

The accident occurred in heavy rain at about 10.10am. The road remained closed until 2.30pm while police carried out their investigations.

PC Wilson said officers still wanted to speak to any witnesses who had not already given statements to officers. "Wiltshire police would like to speak to anyone who can give any information concerning this collision," he said.

Witnesses should contact the traffic section at Salisbury on (01722) 435355 or Marlborough Police Station on (01672) 512311.

Wiltshire coroner David Masters will be opening an inquest either today or tomorrow.

Details of the funeral cannot be arranged until the inquest has been opened. The inquest will be adjourned for a full hearing later.