The incident involved four cars and a HGV and led to closures on the motorway for most of the day.
Emergency services rushed to the scene between junction 17 for Chippenham and junction 18 for Bath at around 9:10am - with reports of the HGV overturning in the collision.with drivers facing huge traffic delays. Wiltshire Police has confirmed two women travelling in one of the vehicles died at the scene.
A full closure was in place on the M4 at junction 18 eastbound and junction 17 westbound to allow emergency services to carry out recovery and investigative work. Roads Policing Unit Acting Inspector Will Ayres said: "Due to the seriousness of the collision and the vehicles involved, the recovery work and investigation at the scene is likely to take a significant time.
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