A MAN in his 70s died in a crash on the M40 near Oxford yesterday. 

At about 3pm yesterday officers were called to a collision northbound between Junction 8a and 9, involving a Volvo X90.

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The motorway was closed for collision investigation work to be carried out and was reopened at 5.45pm. 

Police said the man was declared dead at the scene and a woman in her 70s was taken to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital by air ambulance with serious injuries.