Police name 39-year-old lorry driver who died in crash on M62

Police investigating a fatal road traffic collision on the M62 motorway have named the man who died in the incident.

Stuart Murphy, who was 39 and from the Huddersfield area, was driving an articulated lorry which was involved in the collision on the eastbound carriageway at about 2.30pm on Tuesday.

Police are continuing to appeal for dash cam footage of the collision, which appears to have occurred after a Ford Fiesta struck barriers and rebounded on to the carriageway, causing vehicles following to brake suddenly.

Anyone with information which may assist is asked to contact the Major Collision Enquiry Team on 101 or via the website www.westyorkshire.police.uk/101LiveChat quoting log 1041 of 16th March.