A woman in her 40s died at the scene of a crash on the M11 north of Bishop’s Stortford on Sunday morning (April 28).
A 42-year-old man from Cambridge has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and remains in Essex Police custody.
Police have issued an appeal for dashcam footage and witnesses to the incident, which involved a single vehicle, a grey Citroen, and happened just before 6am, near Newport.
The motorway was closed in both directions for several hours to allow police to carry out their investigation and for the vehicle involved to be recovered.
The northbound carriageway between junctions 8 (Stortford, Stansted Airport, A120) and 9 (Saffron Walden/A11) reopened first and at 1.40pm National Highways announced that the southbound lanes, between junctions 10 (Duxford/Royston) and 8, were also open to traffic again.
An Essex Police statement released soon after midday said: “Officers were called to junction 8 of the M11 shortly before 6am this morning (28 April) following a single-vehicle collision. Emergency services attended and the road was quickly closed.
“Despite best efforts of paramedics on the scene, a woman in her 40s sadly died at the scene. Her family have been made aware.
“A 42-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and remains in custody.
“Detectives from our serious collision investigation unit are continuing to investigate the circumstances around this collision.”
Essex Police is asking anyone who may have dashcam footage or other information which could assist with the investigation to contact them, quoting incident number 216 of 28 April.
You can report to police by calling non-emergency number 101, by submitting a report on their website at https://www.essex.police.uk/digital101 or by using their online Live Chat service (available weekdays only 10am-9pm). To make an anonymous report, contact Crimestoppers by visiting the independent charity’s website or by calling 0800 555111.
