Road closures remain in place as police investigate a crash between a lorry and pedestrians “on the hard shoulder”.

Police, along with paramedics from London Ambulance Service, were called to a crash on the M25 clockwise between junctions J29 and J30 this morning (September 8) at around 3:56am.

Police say the crash involved a lorry and pedestrians that were stood on the hard shoulder of the motorway.

Two men were treated at the scene, one of the men died at the scene and another was taken to hospital.

Metropolitan Police have confirmed that road closures currently remain in place whilst they conduct investigations.

According to National Highways, all 4 lanes of the M25 clockwise between junctions J29 and J30 are closed today.

There have been no arrests.

Metropolitan Police are urging any witnesses or those with dash cam footage to contact police on 101 quoting CAD 1299/08SEP.

A spokesperson for Metropolitan Police said: “Police were called to the scene of a collision between a lorry and pedestrians stood on the hard shoulder of the M25 clockwise between J29 and J30 on Sunday 8 September at 03:56hrs.

“Officers attended along with London Ambulance Service paramedics and treated two men.

“Despite their best efforts one of the men - no further details - died at the scene.

“Road closures are in place as police carry out enquiries.

“No arrests have been made.

“Any witnesses or those with dash cam footage are asked to call 101 or tweet @MetCC quoting CAD 1299/08SEP.”

A spokesperson for London Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 3.59am this morning (8 September) to reports of a road traffic collision on the M25 at J29 near Upminster.

“We sent a number of resources to the scene including ambulance crews, an advanced paramedic and an incident response officer.

“Sadly one patient died at the scene.

A second patient was taken to hospital while two further patients were treated and discharged at the scene."