One dead and four arrested after M621 crash

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BBC News, Yorkshire
Nick Gemzoe/BBC A three-lane motorway with no traffic one side on the other side traffic moves normally.Nick Gemzoe/BBC
The M621 was closed near Holbeck in Leeds

A man has died and four people have been arrested after a collision between a car and an HGV on the M621 in Leeds.

A red lorry and silver Mercedes collided at 00:30 GMT on the motorway between J1 for Holbeck and J27 of the M62, according to West Yorkshire Police.

The westbound carriageway was closed between the two junctions and reopened at 12:00 GMT on Saturday.

A passenger in the car aged in his 20s died at the scene, with three other occupants of the car taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said. The HGV driver was unharmed.

Police have appealed for witnesses or drivers with dashcam footage to get in contact, as enquiries continue into the circumstances of the collision.

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