POLICE have identified a woman who died in a road traffic collision last week.

Marie Heather Hardes, 56, died on the M3 on November 10 following as a result of a smash on the northbound carriageway at junction 9.

It is believed she was killed when she was struck by a car after she stepped out of the Honda Accord she was travelling in.

Miss Hardes, from Poole, was travelling from Maidstone in Kent.

Her family have released a photo (pictured) but have said they do not wish to make a comment at this time.