M25 crash: Two arrested after motorcyclist dies in Essex

Image source, National Highways

Image caption, Queuing traffic could be seen westbound on the A13 approaching the roundabout

Two men have been arrested after a motorcyclist died at the scene of a crash on a busy motorway.

Essex Police was called to junction 30 of the M25, near West Thurrock, after a car and motorcycle collided at 23:40 BST on Sunday.

Officers said that before the crash, the car was involved in a pursuit with Kent Police.

Two men, both 18, were arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

Both remained in custody, Essex Police said.

Kent Police has made a mandatory referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.

The lanes reopened on Monday at 10:30.

National Highways said the "southern quadrant of the roundabout" which carried the A13 over the M25 had been closed.

This meant there was no access to the A13 westbound for clockwise traffic on the M25.

The anti-clockwise distributor road, between junction 31 and junction 30, was also closed, National Highways said.

Police said paramedics and firefighters attended.

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