A motorway traffic control worker has been seriously injured after being hit by a cone driven by a Mercedes driver, police said.

Road crews were closing two lanes of the M6 ​​northbound near the Knutsford services at around 9.30pm BST on October 18 when a driver hit one of the cones that were out, which then hit the worker.

The worker suffered serious facial injuries, Cheshire Police said.

The driver of the white car, believed to be a 2012 Mercedes, did not stop at the scene.