M1 in Northamptonshire closed after body found in road
A stretch of the M1 in Northamptonshire has been closed after a body was found in the road.
A stretch of the M1 in Northamptonshire has been closed after a body was found in the road.
A man whose body was found on the M1 near Daventry has been named as 46-year-old Ashley Hayes from Shepherd's Bush, London.
The northbound carriageway was closed for a number of hours while forensic teams examined the scene.
“We believe that Mr Hayes may have been in the Toddington Services area, in Bedfordshire, at around 1.30am this morning.
"He may have been given a lift from there, or may have hidden himself in a lorry, to enable him to get to where we discovered him.
"We need anyone who was there are the time and may have seen him or witnessed anything suspicious to contact us.”
"This may have been an accident or something more serious" say police. Adding they need to determine the circumstances which led to his death.
Officers are appealing for lorry drivers and other motorists who may have driven on this stretch of road between junction 16 and 18 to come forward.
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