A MAN has died and a woman was seriously hurt in a seven car pile-up in Hazel Grove, Stockport, last night.

The man, in his 30s from Stockport, was trapped in his Ford Mondeo following the accident on London Road and had to be cut free by firemen, but was dead on arrival at hospital.

A woman was also trapped in a Vauxhall Corsa and was taken to Stepping Hill Hospital, where she is in a serious condition.

Five other people were also injured and four have been kept in hospital.