M1 traffic LIVE: Major motorway closed as horror crash sparks huge delays

A section of the M1 has been closed following a horror crash that has sparked huge delays and long lines of traffic for scores of drivers travelling during the August Bank Holiday weekend.

The multi-vehicle collision on one of the UK's busiest motorways has closed the southbound carriageway between J13 (near Bedford) and J12 (Flitwick). Several of the emergency services - Bedfordshire Police, Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, East of England Ambulance Service and East Anglian Air Ambulance - rushed to the scene of the horror collision.

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