Driver dies after M62 incident
Date published: 07 March 2014
A MAN died last night after suffering a suspected heart attack while driving on the M62.
His Vauxhall Insignia veered towards the central reservation, but the driver managed to bring the car to a halt on the hard shoulder.
Police, ambulance and fire services from Heywood and Ashton were called to the exit slip road at junction 20 westbound — Oldham and Rochdale — at around 11.30pm.
Firefighters used a defibrillitator before the man was taken to the Royal Oldham Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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