Did you witness fatal M5 crash near Exeter?

Police are renewing their appeal  for witnesses following a collision on the M5 northbound near Cullompton in which a woman died.

Police and other emergency services were called to the scene of the fatal collision involving a car and a lorry just after 12.10pm on Tuesday 27 January.

The collision involving a heavy goods vehicle and a silver Vauxhall Omega happened about one mile before junction 28, Cullompton.

Investigating officers would like to hear from anyone who was travelling in the southbound carriageway of the M5 in the opposite direction, and  who may have witnessed the collision.

The car driver, a 58-year-old woman from Tiverton, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her family have been informed.

The male car passenger was not injured.

The lorry driver, a 64-year-old man from Cardiff, was arrested on suspicion of death by dangerous driving.

He was taken to Heavitree Road police station to be interviewed, before being released on police bail until 22 April.

The M5 northbound between junction 29, Exeter, and junction 28,  Cullompton, was closed immediately after the collision.

Lane three was reopened at 3pm but lane one and two were closed for around seven hours while the Serious Collisions Investigation Unit carried out a specialist forensic examination of the scene.

Anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to call police on 101 quoting reference 265 of 27th January.