M54 re-opens after horror crash shuts road for eight hours
Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident which closed the major route.
The M54 has reopened after a man died in a horror crash in the early hours of the morning.
National Highways Midlands confirmed the major road had opened again following the shocking incident.
Police closed the road eastbound between Junction 3 for Albrighton and Junction 2 for Wolverhampton at around 4.30am today - Friday, May 15.
National Highways confirmed it had reopened at around 2.30pm.
During the closure a diversion was put in place, with queues of around three miles while the road was shut.
At the time National Highways said a car had left the carriageway, and a ‘complex’ investigation was underway.
It has since been confirmed that Staffordshire Police discovered a man, believed to be in his 20s, dead in a Vauxhall Astra in woodland near to the road.
The force had been alerted to the potential tragedy after being contacted by West Midlands Police who said a man was being taken to hospital from a property in Smethwick with serious injuries after reporting being involved in a crash on the M54.
Staffordshire Police said the man, in his late teens, remains in hospital after suffering life-threatening injuries.
The force has appealed for anyone with information about the incident to contact them.
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