A SOLDIER killed in an horrific crash on the M4 on Saturday morning has been named.

Nqubizitha Khumalo, 30, was a Zimbabwean national serving in the British Army with the 9 Supply Regiment, at Buckley Barracks in Stanton St Quintin, near Chippenham. He was living in Bristol.

A police investigation into the crash is ongoing.

Mr Khumalo died after his VW Bora collided with the back of a 7.5-tonne box van between junctions 16 and 17 of the M4 just after 6am.