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Long delays after crash shuts M1 motorway

Isaac AsheEast Midlands
News imageNational Highways Queues of traffic on the motorway heading southNational Highways
Police have thanked drivers for their patience while they are at the scene of a crash

The southbound side of the M1 has been closed in Leicestershire due to a crash, police have said.

Leicestershire Police said the motorway was shut from junction 23 at Loughborough to junction 22 at Markfield.

National Highways said emergency services were on the scene of a collision, with delays of more than an hour and six miles (9.6km) of congestion on the approach to the closure.

The organisation added it does not have an estimated time for when the road will be reopened.

News imageNational Highways Queues on the motorway and sliproadNational Highways
Traffic was being prevented from driving southbound at junction 23

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