A MAN has died in a single-vehicle crash which closed the M1 Pacific Motorway for several hours on Monday.
Emergency services were called to the motorway, about one kilometre north of the Cameron Park exit, at about 6am. Police, paramedics and NSW Fire and Rescue were sent to the scene where they found a Subaru station wagon had left the roadway and crashed into a tree.
The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, a 47-year-old man, died at the scene.
A crime scene was established and forensically examined, shutting down all northbound lanes for almost six hours.
Northbound traffic was diverted off the motorway onto Newcastle Link Road or the Hunter Expressway and motorists were advised to avoid the area. The roadway reopened just before midday.
A police investigation is now under way into the circumstances leading up to the early-morning crash.
As inquiries continue, police have urged anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
A report will be prepared for the Coroner.
EARLIER REPORT:
- The M1 Pacific Motorway has reopened northbound following the earlier fatal crash. Diversions have been lifted and delays are starting to ease.
EMERGENCY services were called to the scene of a fatal crash at Cameron Park on Monday morning.
Police, paramedics and NSW Fire and Rescue were called to the M1 Pacific Motorway just past the Hunter Expressway at 6am to reports of a crash involving one vehicle.
On arrival at the scene crews found a car had left the roadway and crashed into a tree.
The driver - and sole occupant of the vehicle - died at the scene.
A crime scene was established as Lake Macquarie police investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash.
All northbound lanes of the M1 Pacific Motorway remain closed at Cameron Park.
Northbound traffic is being diverted off the motorway onto Newcastle Link Road or the Hunter Expressway.
Motorists have been advised to allow plenty of additional travel time.
Emergency services and traffic crews remained on site at 8am.
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