A man has died after a crash on the M11 near Stansted involving a motorbike.

A motorbike and a small dark coloured vehicle were in collision at around 5am.

Sadly, the rider of the motorbike – a man in his 60s – died at the scene.

A dark coloured vehicle failed to stop at the scene.

The road is closed northbound between junctions 6 and 8, and southbound between junctions 7 and 8.

A spokesman for Essex Police said: "We anticipate the road will remain closed into this afternoon and we're working with Highways England to re-open it as soon as possible.

"Diversions are in place and officers are working to turn around vehicles which are currently in the traffic.

"Please avoid the area and plan your journey.
We’ll provide more updates when we can.
We need anyone who saw what happened to come forward.

"We particularly want to speak to someone who saw a small dark-coloured vehicle in the area or was overtaken by it.

"If you saw what happened, have dash cam footage of the incident, or have any other information please call us on 101 quoting incident 104 of January 16."

The M11 southbound has been closed at the A120 junction.

Traffic is slow on the A120 westbound from Takeley and eastbound along the Bishops Stortford Bypass towards the M11.

The M25 is slow clockwise between the A10 and the M11, and anticlockwise from the A12 Brook Street junction.

On the M11 northbound, traffic is slow between Loughton and the M25.

Police are still at the scene. 

UPDATE 9.10AM: There is still no access to the M11 northbound from the M25 in both directions. 

The M11 southbound is closed at the A120 junction.

Traffic is slow on the A120 westbound from Takeley and eastbound along the Bishops Stortford Bypass towards the M11.

Ryanair has said customers travelling to Stansted who miss flights due to the crash will be moved to the next available flight.