THE A38 was closed for more than three hours yesterday after the body of a man was found in a van.
The northbound carriageway of the dual carriageway was closed just after the exit slip on to the island close to Ripley.
Vehicles were being directed down o nto the island and back onto the road on the other side of the roundabout.
Traffic was queuing back to the Coxbench turn-off and Derbyshire police were urging people to avoid the area.
Officers were called to the incident at 2.45pm yesterday with road being closed shortly afterwards, the road was opened at around 6pm.
Police do not believe that there are any suspicious circumstances involved, the man has not been named and family are being contacted.
