A farmer from near Newtown has died after he was involved in a quad bike accident, police have said.

The 39-year-old man was found dead on an unclassified track outside the village of Sarn on Wednesday, May 29.

Dyfed-Powys Police said emergency services attended the farm after receiving a report at 5.10pm about a single-vehicle collision involving an agricultural quad bike.

“Sadly, a 39-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene,” a spokesperson for the force said on Friday (May 31).

“The HM Coroner and Health and Safety Executives have been informed.”

The Welsh Ambulance Service and Welsh Air Ambulance Charity have been contacted for comment.