A motorcyclist has died after a crash with a lorry during the morning rush hour on a busy road in east London.
The motorcyclist, aged in his late 30s, was involved in a collision with a HGV in Wapping on Tuesday morning.
Medics fought to save the victim but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police and paramedics raced to the scene of the crash on The Highway at about 9.30am.
Witnesses reported seeing a forensics tent set up and a tipper truck inside the police cordon.
The road was cordoned off between Limehouse Link tunnel and Cannon Street Road for more than four hours as officers investigated.
A witness posted on Twitter: “Looks like a big crash on the Highway. By big, I mean serious as there’s a tent up and the Highway is closed. Looked like a tipper truck in the distance.”
The Wapping Conservatives account tweeted a link to correspondence with an officer at Limehouse Police station confirming the accident and wrote: “Very, very sorry to hear this and our thoughts are with the family of those involved.”
Abdul Odud posted a photo of police at the scene with the caption on Facebook: “Highway Close both ways motorbike accident.”
A Met Police spokesman said: “Next of kin have not yet been informed. A post mortem will be conducted in due course.
“Road closures remain in place, and officers from the Met's Roads Transport Policing Command are investigating.
“There have been no arrests, and enquiries continue.”
