A WOMAN has died following a serious crash on the motorway.

Police were called to the scene at 7.41am and have closed off the slip road at junction 9, northbound and the inside lane of the southbound M3 between junctions 9 and 10.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene where the car had overturned.

A spokesperson for South Central Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 7.38am to the M3 to a road traffic collision involving a car and a lorry.

"We sent three ambulance officers, one ambulance crew, a rapid response vehicle and an ambulance doctor.

"Sadly one person was confirmed deceased at the scene."

Two other people - a man and a woman - were injured and have been taken to Southampton General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The lane is expected to remain closed for the next two hours while police investigate the cause of the incident.