A MAN has died following a crash on the M5 motorway in the early hours of this morning.

The motorway was closed off for more than five hours between junctions 13 and 14 northbound and two lanes southbound after the collision, at 4am today.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene after he crashed into the central reservation of the motorway.

A police investigation is ongoing and anyone with information should call police on 101, quoting incident 52 of July 26.