A man has died after a collision on the M60 motorway.
Shortly after 8.35pm on Thursday 22 December 2016, police were called to junction 12 anticlockwise of the M60 to a report that a car had collided with a pedestrian.
Officers attended and discovered a Ford Fiesta had been travelling on the motorway and collided with a 37-year-old man who had been walking on the motorway. The man was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.
Police Constable Phil Turley of GMP’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit said: “Our thoughts are with the family of the man at this difficult time and we have specially trained officers offering them support.
“We are carrying out a thorough investigation to establish what happened and I am appealing to anyone who saw the collision, or who saw the man on the motorway before the collision, to come forward.Even if you think you might have only the smallest of details, I would still urge you to call us as it could make a huge difference to our investigation.”
Anyone with any information should call the Serious Collision Investigation Unit on 0161 856 4741/4742 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
