A MAN has died after falling from a bridge onto the M25 in Essex today and being hit by several vehicles.

A MAN has died after falling from a bridge onto the M25 in Essex today and being hit by several vehicles.

Police were called to reports that man was on a motorway footbridge near J25 in Waltham Abbey at about 7am. An Essex Police spokesman said the body of a man was later found on the southbound carriageway, having been struck by “several vehicles”.

The southbound carriageway has been closed while the scene is examined, and motorists have been told to avoid the area.