Site visitors bosses are urging drivers to take a prolonged diversion on the M1 after a “car struck a bridge”, inflicting a “severe collision”. The M1 in Hertfordshire is presently closed south-bound between junction 8 at Hemel Hempstead and junction 6 of the M25.
Emergency providers, together with Hertfordshire Constabulary and Watford Police are on the scene together with Nationwide Highways visitors officers. Reside visitors alerts counsel drivers can be caught in visitors for not less than one other 90 minutes with queues stretching eight miles – and into rush hour.
“If this closure impacts in your deliberate route, please enable additional journey time. Plan forward, chances are you’ll want to re-route and even delay your journey,” a Nationwide Highways spokesman mentioned.
Some smaller roads, particularly the A1417 can also be experiencing congestion as a result of closure. It isn’t but identified when the highway will reopen and the extent of any accidents.
Hertfordshire Police have been contacted for a remark.
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