Man pronounced dead on hard shoulder of M25

Image source, Nick Potts/PA Wire

Image caption, The road was closed for several hours while emergency services attended the scene

A man has died after being found on the hard shoulder of the M25 motorway.

Hertfordshire Police said at 08:05 GMT on Thursday, officers were called to reports of concerns for the welfare of a man who had been discovered on the hard shoulder of the M25 clockwise, near junction 21a.

The road was closed for several hours before reopening at about 12:45.

The man, in his 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said the death was not being treated as suspicious, and the man's next of kin had been informed.

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