Man died after walking onto M60 into path of lorry, inquest hears

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox An inquest has opened into a man who died after walking onto the M60 motorway into the path of a lorry.

Jan Kocurek, 45, was seen on CCTV accessing the motorway near junction 17, close to Whitefield and Prestwich, at 11am on Saturday, April 24.

He then walked into the traffic from the hard shoulder, an inquest opening at Rochdale Coroner's Court heard. A Ford Transit was travelling clockwise passing under the bridge of Bury New Road when it collided with him in lane two.

A lorry then hit joiner Mr Kocurek in lane one. The motorway was closed from around 11.30am until around 6pm after the crash, with the air ambulance landing at the scene. READ MORE: 'Why