A MAN died after being hit by at least one vehicle on the M3 after he stopped to speak to a police officer.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which happened on the M3 in the early hours of Sunday morning.

A blue BMW and a following police car stopped on the hard shoulder of the southbound carriageway 

The driver of the BMW pulled over between junctions 12 and 13 and got out of the vehicle at about 1am.

Officers say he entered the carriageway and was hit by at least one vehicle.

It happened just before 1am, when a blue BMW and a following police car stopped on the hard shoulder of the southbound carriageway.

He died in an ambulance on the way to hospital.

Hampshire Constabulary have referred the matter to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

The M3 was closed in both directions between 1.30 and 6.30am. The southbound carriageway reopened at 6.30am and northbound at 8.30am.

The Serious Collision Investigation Unit are appealing for witnesses.

Witnesses can call 101 and quote Operation Building or 44170350566.