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M62 pedestrian death shuts motorway M62 bridge fall death shuts motorway
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A pedestrian has been run over and killed by a lorry on the M62 in Cheshire, shutting a key section of the motorway during rush hour. A man fell from a bridge and was hit and killed by a lorry on the M62 in Cheshire, shutting a key section of the motorway during rush hour.
Cheshire Police said the accident happened at 02:45 BST. It is not known how the man ended up on the motorway. Cheshire Police said the 30-year-old man from Warrington fell at 02:45 BST.
The eastbound carriageway is closed between junctions 10 and 11 at Croft and Birchwood and this has also affected traffic joining the M6. The eastbound carriageway was closed between junctions 10 and 11 at Croft and Birchwood and this has also affected traffic joining the M6.
The Highways Agency said large tailbacks had started to build up. Two lanes of the motorway were reopened just after 08:25, the Highways Agency said, but one will remain closed.
The closure has pushed extra traffic on to the M6, M56, A580 East Lancashire Road and A57 Manchester Road. A Cheshire Police spokeswoman said: "At 02:45 police were called to a report a man had fallen from a bridge on the M62.
"Officers went to the scene where a man had fallen from a bridge and collided with a lorry.
"Tragically the man died at the scene. His next-of-kin have been informed."
The closure pushed extra traffic on to the M6, M56, A580 East Lancashire Road and A57 Manchester Road.