Leslie Lewis was travelling west on the eastbound carriageway, between junctions 22 and 23, close to Huddersfield, when the crash happened.
who died in a collision while driving on the wrong side of the M62 has been named by West Yorkshire Police.
Officers have been working to piece together his journey and know that he drove from Doncaster to the Hull area on the Friday night before then travelling from Hull to Manchester. Sergeant Steve Suggitt of the Major Collision and Enquiry Team , said: “ A great deal of work remains ongoing to investigate the circumstances of this collision which tragically resulted in Leslie’s death and in another driver receiving serious injuries.
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