A woman in her 30s has died in a motorway crash. Police were called at about 12.45pm today to reports of a one-vehicle collision on the M61 near Bolton West Services.
A Kia Sportage car had left the southbound carriageway and overturned, a spokesman for Lancashire Police said. The driver of the car, a woman in her 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The motorway was closed for more than four hours while accident investigators attended. Sergeant Chris Evans said: "These are tragic circumstances and my thoughts are with the driver's family and friends at this very sad and difficult time. "A woman has lost her life and we are keen to establish exactly what has happened. "We would encourage any witnesses, or any drivers with dashcam footage
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