Lorry driver dies in M6 crash
A lorry driver died in a collision that shut the M6 in the West Midlands.
The crash happened on the southbound carriageway of the M6 between junctions 4 and 4A just before 9.15am. The motorway was closed within Junction 4 at Coleshill.
A second lorry driver, a man in his 50s, was left with shock and taken to Heartlands Hospital.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "When ambulance staff arrived they found two lorries which had been involved in a serious collision; one lorry was carrying two tonnes of bricks and had shed its load onto the carriageway.
"Passers-by were administering aid to one of the lorry drivers who was trapped in the wreckage. Ambulance staff and the two doctors worked quickly with the fire service to extricate him from the wreckage and advanced life support was commenced.
"Sadly, despite the best efforts, nothing could be done to save the man and he was confirmed dead on scene.