A MAN from Basingstoke has died after a crash on the M3 motorway this afternoon.

It took place at around 3.40pm this afternoon on the northbound carriageway at Micheldever, between junctions 8 and 9.

The man was driving a black Peugeot 208, which was in collision with a red Ford Fiesta.

Two people in the Ford Fiesta were treated by ambulance crews at the scene, but were not seriously injured.

One of the two lanes between the two junctions remains closed this evening while police investigate the scene.

Anyone who saw what happened is urged to call Sergeant Graeme Hughes at the Serious Collision Investigation Unit on 101, quoting Operation Otto.