UPDATE: M1 reopened following five-vehicle motorway crash in Northamptonshire
Long delays have been felt on the M1 southbound between junctions 16 and 18, after the major collision in the early hours of this morning.
A lorry driver has since been airlifted to hospital.
Police said the crash involved three articulated lorries, a smaller, 7.5-tonne lorry and a caravan, with one of the drivers being airlifted to a hospital in Coventry with ‘serious injuries’.
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Hide AdAll three lanes were closed because of the police investigation and also the fact the accident caused a fuel spillage and 1,200 square metres of road surface had to be relaid.
At just before noon today workers were waiting for the tarmac to cool so white lines could be re-painted.