Media Release Telephone: 01772 412333 Website: www.lancashire.police.uk Media and Engagement, PO Box 77, Hutton, Preston, Lancashire PR4 5SB Twitter: @lancspolice Facebook: www.facebook.com/lancspolice PR 11079 06 November 2019 Release For immediate release Appeal following fatal collision on the M6 We are appealing for witnesses following a collision on the M6 in which a man sadly died. We were called shortly after 8.35pm last night (Tuesday, November 5th) to reports of a collision on the motorway between junctions 33 and 32, close to Garstang. A Mercedes had been travelling on the southbound side of the motorway when it left the carriageway and collided with a bridge. The driver of the vehicle, a 35-year-old man from Rochdale, suffered serious injuries and was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. His family have been informed and are now being supported by specialist officers. Nobody else was injured. The road was closed for around eight hours for accident investigators to attend. We are now appealing for witnesses to get in touch and would specifically like to speak to anyone who was travelling southbound on the M6 between junctions 32 and 33 and saw either the collision, or saw the Mercedes vehicle in the moments before the collision occurred. Sgt Phil Baxendale, of the Lancashire Police TacOps Unit, said: “First and foremost our thoughts are with the family and friends of the man who died. “We are now working hard to establish exactly what occurred and are appealing to anybody who saw the collision, or who saw the vehicle in the moments before the collision, to get in touch with us straight away. We would also like to hear from anybody who has dashcam footage of the incident.” Anybody with information is asked to get in touch on 101, quoting log number 1439 of November 5th.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision on the M6 in which a man sadly died. We were called shortly after 8.35pm last night (Tuesday, November 5th) to reports of a collision on the motorway between junctions 33 and 32, close to Garstang. A Mercedes had been travelling on the southbound side of the motorway when it left the carriageway and collided with a bridge. The driver of the vehicle, a 35-year-old man from Rochdale, suffered serious injuries and was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. His family have been informed and are now being supported by specialist officers. Nobody else was injured. The road was closed for around eight hours for accident investigators to attend. We are now appealing for witnesses to get in touch and would specifically like to speak to anyone who was travelling southbound on the M6 between junctions 32 and 33 and saw either the collision, or saw the Mercedes vehicle in the moments before the collision occurred. Sgt Phil Baxendale, of the Lancashire Police TacOps Unit, said: “First and foremost our thoughts are with the family and friends of the man who died. “We are now working hard to establish exactly what occurred and are appealing to anybody who saw the collision, or who saw the vehicle in the moments before the collision, to get in touch with us straight away. We would also like to hear from anybody who has dashcam footage of the incident.” Anybody with information is asked to get in touch on 101, quoting log number 1439 of November 5th.