A van driver was killed last night in a rush-hour M60 inferno that left the motorway closed for over 12 hours.
Police found a man trapped inside the burning vehicle at the junction one slip-road near Stockport Pyramid at 6.10pm.
He was taken out of the vehicle but was pronounced dead at the scene.
The man is yet to be named as police are yet to inform next of kin. No other motorists were injured in the incident.
The anti-clockwise carriageway of the motorway at junction one and two remained close until 7am this morning while repairs were carried out to the carriageway. There were reports of several miles of tailbacks as far back as Cheadle at junction three.
All lanes are now currently open.
Motorists in the area have given their eyewitness accounts of the tragic incident:
M60 van fire. Sad news. pic.twitter.com/uQQwY2UWFD
— Kevin Travis (@kevinjohntravis) June 17, 2014
Awful journey home from work, I was 3 cars behind the van fire, felt helpless, RIP #M60 #Stockport
— alison hansell (@alison061975) June 17, 2014
Saw that van on fire on the M60 yesterday but didn’t know someone was in it, ruined my day finding that out
— Dan Sharples (@DanSharples) June 18, 2014
Motorway police reported that the carriageway had reopened earlier this morning:
J1,M60 – Lane 1 and 2 closures remain in place here due to ongoing repairs to carriageway. We are hoping to reopen all lanes approx 7am.
— NW Motorway Police (@NWmwaypolice) June 18, 2014
Good Morning all, M60 is now all open at J1 M60.
— NW Motorway Police (@NWmwaypolice) June 18, 2014
Image courtesy of GMP via Twitter with thanks
