A multi-vehicle crash has prompted severe delays on a stretch of a motorway near a UK airport. Traffic came to a standstill on the M11 southbound between junctions J9 and J8, near Stansted Airport.
National Highways urged motorists to seek alternative routes, warning of 75-minute delays and seven miles of congestion as emergency services responded to the incident.
The vehicles involved in the serious collision, near the A505 at Duxford, are one HGV and two vans. In a statement, Cambridgeshire police said: “We are currently at the scene of a serious collision on the M11, near to A505 at Duxford. The collision involves a HGV and two other vehicles.”
Police added that “the southbound carriageway is closed, and is likely to be so for some time”, urging motorists to avoid the area and seek alternative routes while officers deal with the incident. A diversion is in place.
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