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There've been considerable advances in mobile homes over the past couple of decades, but public perceptions are often based on the mobile homes of the '80s. Case in point are jokes such as this: Definition of a mobile home: Your house moves, but your 12 cars don't.

The reality is that mobile homes have seen advances over the years, but what people think about them impacts their value and popularity. That could be changing, though, as some signs point to an improved perception.

Before we get into what's new about mobile homes and public perception, let's define what we're talking about, as the terms "mobile," "manufactured," and "modular" homes tend to get lumped into the same category.

Mobile homes, also called trailers, are attached to a chassis, and people can move them from place to place. They can be taken off the chassis and moved to a permanent foundation if the owner likes. They're typically small, referred to as single-wide homes, and run 500 to 1,200 square feet, with one or two bedrooms and one or two bathrooms.

"Manufactured" is the newer term for a mobile home. Like a mobile home, a manufactured home is built off-site in a factory and put on a chassis. The difference is that this type of home must now adhere to standards from the HUD Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Program.

These homes can be single-, double-, or triple-wide. Double-wide homes are typically 1,000 to 2,200 square feet, with two or three bedrooms and two bathrooms, and triple-wide homes are over 2,000 square feet with three or more bedrooms and two or more bathrooms.

Modular homes are built in a factory off-site like mobile and manufactured homes, but the sections are brought to a home site and are put on a permanent foundation.

The name change from mobile to manufactured isn't only for image's sake; it represents a new type of home the mobile home has become.

Because of HUD's Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Program, standards have been raised regarding the "construction, design, performance, and installation of manufactured homes to assure their quality, durability, affordability, and safety." And as mentioned, these homes can be quite big. Plus, they're no longer flimsy homes that can be swept away by a minor windstorm; they're more solid now.

Then there's the decor. Fireplaces, open kitchens with islands, stainless steel appliances, recessed porches, luxury-style bathrooms, numerous large windows to let in light, and high ceilings are now associated with manufactured homes.

Some mobile home parks have amenities such as walking paths, swimming pools, pool tables, and exercise equipment. Some are 55-plus communities popular with people who wish to downsize.

Sometimes it's the industry, not the product, that gives mobile/manufactured homes a bad reputation. There can be bad customer service, for one. And getting mobile home builders to repair problems can be difficult; the profit is in selling the homes, not repairing them.

In addition, some homes might not sit level and therefore have problems such as leaky windows, floors that creak, and doors that don't shut properly. It's the complaints that people hear about more than the benefits of these homes.

So, should you invest in mobile homes or mobile home parks? If you want to buy a mobile home for you or a loved one to live in, there's a good possibility you can find something you like. And because the product is better now than in the "bad old days," people are buying them. As of June 2018, 17.7 million Americans lived in one, and about 70% of people who live in a mobile home own it.

If you want to get into the business, you should probably invest in a mobile home park, renting out spaces to people who own a mobile home. This is definitely a market worth looking into.

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ANDERSON One person died and another was hospitalized after a fire destroyed a house trailer in the Shady Rest Mobile Home Park on the citys north side late Friday evening.

Units with the Anderson Fire Department responded to the park, 325 W. Cross St., about 8:50 p.m. and found the home fully engulfed in flames with the front of the structure already collapsed, according to Anderson Fire Chief Dave Cravens.

Sometimes these mobile homes have extremely flammable material, and they burn hot, Cravens said.

An elderly man was pronounced dead at the scene. Madison County Coroner Danielle Noone said efforts to identify him were ongoing and expected to take a few days.

Whenever we have any fatality, its always hard for the guys, Cravens said. They wish they could have gotten there and done more.

Another person with minor burns was taken to a nearby hospital, he added.

Firefighters remained at the trailer for about three hours before turning the scene over to investigators from the Anderson Police Department and the Madison County coroners office.

Cravens said the cause of the fire remained undetermined as of Saturday morning. An autopsy on the victim is pending.

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ANDERSON The Madison County Coroners Office has identified Robert Hacker as the man who died in a fire that destroyed his mobile home.

Hacker, 64, died Friday in the fire that consumed his home in the Shady Rest Mobile Home Park in the 300 block of East Cross Street.

Hackers neighbors said he was a good neighbor who kept to himself. He was a veteran.

Josh Whitehouse said he knew Hacker for about seven years and knew him pretty well.

He was a pretty nice guy, Whitehouse. He gave and gave. It was a shame the way he died. Kept to himself.

Whitehouse said he was at home at the time of the fire and could see the flames shooting through the roof.

We tried to get him out, but couldnt get into the trailer, he said. It was way too hot and went up fast.

Neighbor April Arms said Hacker was a good neighbor and kept to himself.

We went out to eat and when we got home the trailer was on fire, she said.

Arms said Hacker would make sure her daughter would get on the school bus and invited them over for dinner several times.

He used to allow my daughter and niece to come over to watch cartoons because he had cable television, Arms said.

Anderson Fire Department Chief Dave Cravens said Wednesday that Hacker was the first fire fatality in the city this year.

Cravens said there was one fire related death in the city in 2019.

Units with the Anderson Fire Department responded to the park about 8:50 p.m. Friday and found the home fully engulfed in flames with the front of the structure already collapsed, according Cravens.

Sometimes these mobile homes have extremely flammable material, and they burn hot, Cravens said.

Whenever we have any fatality, its always hard for the guys, Cravens said. They wish they could have gotten there and done more.

Another person with minor burns was taken to a nearby hospital, he added.

Firefighters remained at the trailer for about three hours before turning the scene over to investigators from the Anderson Police Department and the Madison County Coroners Office.

Cravens said the cause of the fire remained undetermined and the investigation is ongoing.

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WOOSTER A group of community-minded people are looking to make a difference in the city by bringing affordable housing tothe area.

Chad Boreman, Justin Starlin and Tom White, along withseveral silent partners, would achieve the goal by investing in dilapidated houses and vacant lots. Investors are testing the model by constructing a single home in the 500 block of Larwill Street to see how the housing market responds.

The development group is not expecting the plan, in the early stages,to be a profitable venture, Boreman said.

"It's more of an experiment to see what can we do and how will this impact the community," he explained.

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The site was formerly the Larwill Mobile Home Park, which was sold to the development group in March 2019 after it closed and residents were relocated due todeterioration of the parks internal water system.

A single-family, 1,700-square-foot residence is under construction on the property and will serve as a model to future investors if the endeavor proves successful.

The idea behind the project is to invest in a home, which essentially will be sold at cost to reimburse investors for their financial support, or the money can stay within the investment group to be used in additional projects, Starlin said.

Making a profit is the last goal in mind for the development group, Boreman said.

"We thought this would be an opportunity to do something for the community and the neighborhood," he said. "There is severe need for moderate income housing in this community to support the businesses that want to grow and expand here."

Construction began on the ranch-style home in November. It will havethree bedrooms, two full bathrooms and a two-car garage.

Crews began constructionnot long after lumber prices hit historic highs. According to the National Association of Home Builders,lumber prices increased by nearly 120% since April, but have fallen roughly 20% since mid-September. The unprecedented lumber price spike added nearly $16,000 to the price of a typical new single-family home.

The project has been in the works for more than a year, Starlin said. Despite the challenges brought on by COVID, the developers were tired of waiting and had an eagerness to get started, he said.

The hope is for the home to be priced in the $170,000 range.It is expected to be completed by mid-February.

The Larwill property has the potential for up to eight houses to be added to the allotment.

Starlin said the idea would be to fill gaps in other Wooster neighborhoodswhere homes once stood but were torn down or are in need of some fixing up. Developers would be conscious of the design of the neighborhoods when determining the style of the new house, Starlin said.

The Larwill home is located within the city's Community Reinvestment Area, known as CRA, which will provide a tax break for the future homeowner, Starlin said. The site was approved for a 12-year, 100% tax abatement. The homebuyer essentially willsave an estimated $35,000 over the years by only needing to pay property taxes on the land as if it were a vacant lot. With the CRA, the homeowner will pay an estimated $100 in taxes annually.

"We think theres an opportunity to market it not only as a well-built home, but then also to take advantage of the savings through that tax incentive," Starlin explained. "We just went for it, and were going to see how the market responds."

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A number of businesses have rallied to support the effort, including MW Robinson Co., McClintockElectric, Heartland Title Agency, Apple Creek Banking Co. and Marinello Realty.

"This couldnt have came off the ground without the help of local folks," Boreman said. "... Were just trying to do something to help and get some good housing here."

Real estate agentAmy Marinello said she has worked with the developersand the partners on past projects, which made this project a good fit for the real estate agency.

There is a lack of inventory both inside city limits and across the county, Marinello said. There is a strong market for any affordable house, she said.

The average days on the market for a house in Wooster is 46.

According to numbers provided by Marinello Realty, the average price of a home between Jan. 1 and Dec. 16 of this year was $191,789. The newly built Larwill home is expected to be at the average cost or below.

Wooster is a strong community with jobs in manufacturing, atthe College of Wooster and at Wooster Community Hospital. Having housing for potential employees will support these industries as they expand their businesses, Marinello said.

Boreman has been involved with the Wayne County Community Improvement Corporation and the Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce. He has heard concerns from several businesses about the need for more affordable housing.

Starlin, who led the chamber from 2013 until he stepped down from his role aspresident earlier this year, also is well aware of the challenges businesses face with retaining workers.

In June, several business leaders representing GOJO Industries, ArtiFlex Manufacturing, Schaeffler Group and TekFor Inc. expressed support for an affordable housing endeavor by local developer Jerry Baker during a Wooster City Council meeting. That project has since dissolved.

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Shelly Flint, human resources director at Schaeffler, said the unemployment rate in Wayne County is very low, and many businesses Schaeffler included are hiring. As businesses continue to hire associations, affordable housing will be an important part of a potential employee's decision to relocate to the Wooster area.

"Affordable housing must be a focus for our community," Flint said in an email statement."... When new employees move to our community, it is very positive for our local economy. Additionally, revitalizing areas and improving vacant lots make our Wooster community even more attractive."

Those businesses said having available and affordable housing will allow them to retain quality workers.

"Housing has been and continues to be a significant issue in the community," Starlin said.

The city and the county havedone a great job of taking care of blights that were beyond repair, Boreman said.Those homes have been taken out of the stock of available homes. There hasn't yet been the opportunity to replenish some of those homes, which is what this group of developers is looking to do, he explained.

"This is just one of probably hundreds of homes that we need in this community," Boreman said.

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Investors focused on the Construction space have likely heard of Winnebago Industries (WGO Quick QuoteWGO - Free Report) , but is the stock performing well in comparison to the rest of its sector peers? A quick glance at the company's year-to-date performance in comparison to the rest of the Construction sector should help us answer this question.

Winnebago Industries is one of 104 individual stocks in the Construction sector. Collectively, these companies sit at #2 in the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank includes 16 different groups and is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors.

The Zacks Rank is a proven model that highlights a variety of stocks with the right characteristics to outperform the market over the next one to three months. The system emphasizes earnings estimate revisions and favors companies with improving earnings outlooks. WGO is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #1 (Strong Buy).

Within the past quarter, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for WGO's full-year earnings has moved 43.22% higher. This means that analyst sentiment is stronger and the stock's earnings outlook is improving.

According to our latest data, WGO has moved about 23.33% on a year-to-date basis. At the same time, Construction stocks have gained an average of 21.47%. As we can see, Winnebago Industries is performing better than its sector in the calendar year.

To break things down more, WGO belongs to the Building Products - Mobile Homes and RV Builders industry, a group that includes 4 individual companies and currently sits at #4 in the Zacks Industry Rank. On average, stocks in this group have gained 22.02% this year, meaning that WGO is performing better in terms of year-to-date returns.

WGO will likely be looking to continue its solid performance, so investors interested in Construction stocks should continue to pay close attention to the company.

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While no one knows exactly how far the Moana re-theme will go at Disneys Polynesian Village Resort, a recent permit may indicate that it may affect common spaces throughout the resort as well, spanning beyond just guest rooms. Walt Disney World has filed a permit for general construction at the location of the Polynesians main Lava Pool, with possible Moana theming to come.

The permit lists the location of the main pool, as well as the contractor, MLC Theming:

The permit is set to expire on June 25, 2021, which is around the slated Summer 2021 time frame for the resorts reopening after the refurbishment is completed.

We saw the first signs of the resorts Moana-fication back in March with the installation of themed carpet at Ohana. Since then, we also caught a glimpse of the exterior halls for the Moana test rooms, with carpets and light fixtures themed to Mauis tattoos.

Disney has so far stated that changes to the rooms will include a move to a Pacific Ocean-inspired color palette as well as details, patterns and textures from Disneys Moana. At this point, its unknown what other areas the resort re-theme will impact, from the Great Ceremonial House, to restaurants, and beyond.

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On a snowy evening in March 1770, an angry mob gathered outside the old Massachusetts State House to harass the British troops gathered there to guard it. Tensions were rising between the colonists and their rulers, the first whiff of revolution in the air. As the crowd tightened around them, the troops grew more anxious. A stone launched from somewhere in the mob struck a soldier, prompting him to fire. His shot killed Crispus Attucks, a former slave, the first of many to die that night. And so began the Boston Massacre, precursor to the American Revolution.

For the 250th anniversary of that night, Revolutionary Spaces, the organization that runs historical programming for the site and the small museum inside, had commissioned a powerful, public, interactive installation, with red carpet ringing the state house and the curl and sway of a glittering black flag suspended above. Strains of blues and jazz would have filled the air. And an array of performances slam poetry and dance, curated from the citys Black community would have brought the old building new life. It was all to be part of artist lauren woodss Crispus in July a nod to his often-co-opted tale, rarely told accurately a public art project made to bring Attucks out of the shadows and into the spotlight of the American Revolutionary story. Now+There, the public art agency that sponsored the project, is hoping to revive it in 2022. It just wont have the nice round marker of a 250th anniversary to help occasion it.

Status: Scheduled for March, it was shut down before opening. Postponed until 2022.

Lucian Freud: The Self Portraits

Ive never been a fan of Freuds, the dismal theatricality of his fleshy figures always a bit lacking in nuance for my tastes. (His still-lifes are another story; please consider this a public request.) But I was as deflated as anyone to see the MFAs presentation of the renowned British painter shut down just 12 days into its run last March. Museums like the Gardner and the ICA were able to mothball their spring exhibitions to reopen in the summer. But the MFAs Freud was packed up and shipped off, its works long since promised back to their owners. For me, it was the tomb slamming shut; The Self Portraits was the last exhibition I would see, anywhere, for four months. Had I known, I might have lingered longer and savored more, trying to understand my disconnect with the artist, and the special gift it is to stand in front of any works, like them or not, with space to contemplate even your own disdain.

Status: Opened March 1. Closed March 13. Originally scheduled through May 25.

Firelei Bez

In only its third year, the Institute of Contemporary Arts glorious Watershed across the harbor in East Boston was shut tight by the pandemic, torpedoing its growing ambitions, at least for a time. The first two Watershed installments were both wonders: Diana Thater in 2018, John Akomfrah in 2019. But both artists populated the big industrial space with large-scale video work absorbingly so, but logistically a little easier to manage than the massive sculptural installation Firelei Bez had planned, built to evoke the ruins of the Haitian royal palace of Sans-Souci.

While we missed the work for now we also missed something more. The distance across the water from the ICA to the Watershed can be navigated by sea shuttle in 20 minutes or so, but the real chasm between the sleek, generically gentrified nowhere of the Seaports glass box village and the rich layers of immigrant, working-class East Boston is harder to bridge. The Watershed helped do that, bit by bit, with programs that recognized East Boston itself something so needed in this moment. Bez now plans to reprise her project in 2021.

Status: Scheduled for May 24 to Sept. 2, it never opened. Postponed to summer 2021

Cy Twombly: Making Past Present

This one hurts. Cy Twombly was remarkable, original, and ignored for much of his career for his delicate, semi-scriptlike mark-making when burly Abstract Expressionism or Colorfield abstraction were all the rage. I adore him. And I hate to think itll be 2023 2023! before this show, an MFA original, finally comes to fruition. In this pandemic year of missing most everything, weve been trained to look for silver linings wherever possible. So heres mine: The book, which I got a few months back, is gorgeous.

Status: Originally scheduled to open in July. Postponed to early 2023.

Painting Edo

Harvard Art Museums largest-ever exhibition illuminated, over 120 works spanning 200 years, the trajectory of the period in which insular Japan, under the warrior government of the shoguns, began to open itself to the outside world. I saw the show when it opened in mid-February, all but drowning in the volume of detail and mastery. A little more than three weeks later, it was closed. Unlike many of its peers, Harvard Art Museums never reopened, adhering to the schools strict COVID policies. The show has been extended through July 18, 2021 at least on paper a full year longer than its initial run. But theres still no sense of when the museums might reopen, leaving the specter of a full years closure or longer very much a possibility.

Status: Opened Feb. 14. Closed March 13. Originally planned through July 26, 2020. Extended through July 18, 2021.

Carlos Garaicoa: Partitura

In a year of shows cut short, it just might be a record: Cuban artist Carlos Garaicoas immersive film and music installation at the Peabody Essex Museum ran for only four days before COVID shutdowns closed it for good. (It beat the Metropolitan Museum of New Yorks Gerhardt Richter survey, a career-topper for one of the worlds most-renowned artists, which lasted only a week and was gone by the museums summer reopening.) When Peabody Essex reopened in July, Garaicoas symphony of the street the piece virtually combined gifted buskers from Madrid and Bilbao was gone, moved on to its next engagement.

Status: Opened March 8. Closed March 13. Not rescheduled.

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This exciting project for Totowa has been the result of several years of planning

TOTOWA, N.J. (PRWEB) December 22, 2020

In the true spirit of teamwork, the Totowa Mayor, Council, and Department of Recreation came to the recent decision to move forward with the installation of Shaw Sports Turf on Totowa PAL Field. This exciting renovation will take the towns beloved field, used for both baseball and football, to the next level in sports technology.

This will give added healthy value to our Totowa Borough community, said Mark Monteyne, Totowa Borough Recreation Director, in an interview with Our Town Totowa. Our families will love it for years to come, making life memories for all, added Monteyne.

In total, 119, 233 square feet of Shaw Sports Turfs Legion NXT turf will be installed at Totowa Field. Legion NXT is a hybrid system that offers realistic aesthetics with an electrifying degree of durability. This system is built for strength, built for pushing the envelope and providing endurance through even the toughest of match-ups.

Shaw Sports Turf has partnered with Athletic Fields of America, one of most prominent field builders in the Tri-State Region, to handle the complete transformation of the field. The well-known, New Jersey based construction company won the project through a town open bid process administered by the Totowa Borough Clerk, Joe Wassel. Athletic Fields of America is in the current process of leveling the field, putting in the drainage system, and adding the fencing and netting. Turf installation will follow soon after initial site work is completed.

The current field has been used for as long as we can remember. The new multipurpose turf field can provide use after inclement weather and will be available more days of year, said Monteyne.

Installation is set to be completed by early next year. Both Totowas baseball and football programs will be able to use the field for games and practices.

Like many metropolitan towns with lack of field space, The Borough of Totowa is turning to synthetic turf to provide an all-weather surface for their many sports activities at Totowa PAL field site. This exciting project for Totowa has been the result of several years of planning, and Shaw Sports Turf is pleased to be proving the synthetic turf portion, said Lee DeFreitas, Shaw Sports Turf Territory Manager.

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Miami vibrates with color and bright nightlife. And below the surrounding coastal waterline, coral reefs play out their own neon dramas that rival those of the city. Making these similarities obvious to the public is the aim of the art duo called Coral Morphologic. Musician J. D. McKay and marine biologist Colin Foord collaborate and use footage of coral from Florida and around the world in video, multimedia and art installations. Their goal is to help viewers appreciate and want to protect this vital underwater ecosystem. The duos brilliantly hued work has appeared inside and on exhibit halls. No, really: Coral Morphologic has projected images of fluorescent red and green polyps over entire buildings in Miami.

In recent years, coral surrounding Miami has begun growing on local seawalls, and Coral Morphologic hopes this is a sign of the creatures resilience in the face of changing ocean conditions. These pioneering corals may hold the keys to understanding how reef organisms worldwide may adapt to human influence in the 21st century, the collaborators share in a statement. If corals can find a way to thrive on the rapidly changing Miami coastline, then where else might they manage to persist?

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Corals eat more than just microscopic creatures called zooplankton. Here, a Fungia coral in the Indo-Pacific sneaks its mouth around a fish head. Other members of the genus in the Red Sea have been spotted dining on jellyfish half their size.

The mouth of a Cycloseris coral found in an Indo-Pacific reef. Meals disappear into the gastrovascular cavity, which is also where the equivalent of digestive cells empty their waste.

A close-up of coral belonging to the Echinophyllia genus found in the Indo-Pacific.. Many of these coral varieties grow like a carpet coating rocky surfaces on a reef. The tactic makes the Echinophyllia less susceptible to storm damage compared to their vertical, branching relatives.

Neither jellyfish, coral or anemone, this organism, known as a corallimorph, is one of the lesser-known members of the Cnidaria phylum and shown here in a fluorescence photo. In 2007, researchers found a particular corallimorph smothering reefs at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, possibly attracted by the degrading iron from buoys and a nearby shipwreck.

Ricordea florida, the species shown here, has been the victim of illegal wildlife harvesting in both Florida and Puerto Rico.

A Phymanthus crucifer anemone, which could be found attached to a reef around Florida, unfurls its tentacles. Each tendril is lined with special cells that launch piercing or adhesive bits into passing prey.

The mouth of a corallimorph known as Ricordea yuma, found in the Indo-Pacific. Corallimorphs cant build their own exoskeletons, but are closely related to corals that can. Scientists are struggling to figure out why the two cnidarian varieties evolved differently on this crucial trait.

An astreoides coral. This variety belongs to a larger group of stony corals, meaning each polyp pushes out calcium carbonate to create a durable underlying structure. The compound is otherwise known as limestone, and constitutes each Florida Keys islandmeaning human residents live atop long-dead coral reefs.

If it took you a minute to distinguish the seahorse from the coral, thats exactly the effect the pregnant male was going for. These centimeter-long Pygmy seahorses live exclusively amongst gorgonian sea fan corals.

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Flowers and tributes have been left to a young man killed in a tragic car crash near Coalville just days before Christmas.

Friends and loved ones have been visiting the scene of the tragedy, in Leicester Road, Whitwick, where they have also written heartfelt messages honouring the victim.

The incident happened on a notorious stretch of road between the village and Coalville shortly before 1.30am on Wednesday.

Leicestershire Police said that two men had been travelling in the car, a black Nissan Note, when it left the road.

No other vehicle was involved.

A police spokesperson confirmed yesterday that a 24-year-old passenger had been pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver, a 22-year-old man who was injured in the collision was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs.

The spokesperson said: "The car, a black Nissan Note, was travelling from Whitwick towards the Leicester Road/Abbey Road/Warrens Hill Road crossroads when it left the carriageway.

"One man, aged 24, was pronounced dead at the scene.

"Another man, aged 22, was taken to the Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham to be treated for injuries that are not life-threatening."

The spokesperson added: "A 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence of drugs and has since been released under investigation."

Detectives from the Leicestershire Police Serious Collision Investigation Unit (SCIU) are appealing for witnesses to the fatal collision outside Whitwick overnight (Wednesday 23 December).

Detective Sergeant Ed Des-Chanelle would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the incident, or who saw the car shortly before it crashed.

"Our enquiries are still in their early stages and I would like to speak to anyone who saw the Nissan Note in the area of Whitwick prior to the collision," he said.

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Motorists who may have dashcam footage of the car being driven in the area is also asked to get in touch.

"We have spoken to some people who stopped at the scene, but I would also ask anyone who saw what happened or who has a dashcam installed in their vehicle and thinks they can help to come forward," said Det Sgt Des-Chanelle.

He added: "Any information you have could help our investigation."

Anyone with information should call the police 101 number or get in touch using the force website.

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