M62 crash: Audi driver killed driving wrong way down motorway before smashing into Amazon lorry

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A driver has been killed in a horror crash after driving the wrong way down a motorway.

Police are interesting for witnesses to the deadly collision between an Audi and an Amazon supply lorry on the M62 on Saturday morning.

Paramedics have been referred to as to the scene on the eastbound carriageway near Junction 29 for Lofthouse at round 3.30am.

The male driver of the Audi was tragically declared lifeless on the scene shortly after.

Pictures from the scene present investigators analyzing a wrecked white Audi that seems to be destroyed in a head-on collision.

An Amazon supply lorry seems to have smashed into the central reservation of the motorway because of the crash.

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman stated: “The collision involved a white Audi A3 travelling against the flow of traffic and a Renault HGV.

“The male occupant of the Audi was confirmed dead at the scene a short time later.

“A road closure is in place while collision investigators establish exactly what happened.

“Officers from the Major Collision Enquiry Team are keen to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the manner of driving of the Audi prior to the collision.”

The street is predicted to stay closed into the afternoon.

It got here after a driver of an £80,000 electrical Jaguar spoke of his terror as police have been pressured to ram him off the street when the brakes on the luxurious automobile failed.

Nathan Owen was trapped contained in the dashing Jaguar I-Pace because it tore down the busy M62 with none working brakes after it suffered an “electrical fault”.

Police used specialist pursuit ways to ram the out-of-control car, finally bringing it to a protected cease on Wednesday.

Anyone who could have witnessed Saturday’s collision, the circumstances main as much as it or who could have video footage is requested to contact West Yorkshire Police by calling 101 or go browsing at www.westyorkshire.police.uk/101livechat quoting reference 231 of 9/3.