Man killed in motorway accident
A man has been killed in a crash on a motorway in Staffordshire.
Emergency services were called to the M6 northbound, between junctions 14, for Stafford, and 15, Newcastle-under-Lyme, shortly before 0300 GMT.
A spokeswoman for the Central Motorway Police Group said the 25-year-old man had been the only occupant of the vehicle involved.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash, she said.
The carriageway was closed for a time after the crash but has since reopened.