Police have renewed their appeal for witnesses following a collision on the M5 northbound near Cullompton in which a woman died.
Police and other emergency services were called to the scene of the fatal collision involving a car and a lorry just after 12.10pm on Tuesday, January 27.
The collision involving a heavy goods vehicle and a silver Vauxhall Omega happened about one mile before Junction 28, Cullompton.
Investigating officers would like to hear from anyone who was travelling on the southbound carriageway of the M5 in the opposite direction and who may have witnessed the collision.
The car driver, a 58-year-old woman from Tiverton, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her family have been informed.
The male car passenger was not injured.
The lorry driver, a 64-year-old man from Cardiff, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
He was taken to Exeter's Heavitree Road police station to be interviewed, before being released on police bail until April 22.
The M5 northbound between Junction 29, Exeter, and Junction 28, Cullompton, was closed immediately after the collision.
Lane three was reopened at 3pm but lane one and two were closed for around seven hours while the Serious Collisions Investigation Unit carried out a specialist forensic examination of the scene.
Anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to call police on 101 quoting reference 265 of January 27.
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