SIR – I read about the death of a man on the M5 (Worcester News, September 3). I then went on to read that while the accident occurred at about 7.40am, the motorway remained closed until 11am while the emergency services investigated the incident, with all the associated delays and congestion.

Such road closures seem to be becoming ever more frequent.

Is it really necessary for the police and other emergency services to cause such disruption while they investigate these incidents?

Closures affect thousands of people, with missed connections, missed or late arrivals at weddings, funerals, births, deaths and other significant events.

I appreciate that these are tragic personal events and I would happily sit in a traffic queue all day if it would bring someone back to life or mend a broken body, but it won’t.

I appeal to the police and other emergency services to have regard to the people who get caught up in such accidents, and get the roads open as quickly as possible.

If the likes of Google can take a 360- degree view of our streets in minutes, why can’t accident investigators use similar technology?

BRYAN WEST

Worcester