A huge stretch of one of the UK’s busiest motorways has been closed in both directions following a serious crash. Footage from motorway cameras on the M1 between J20 (#Lutterworth) and J21 (M69, Leicester) show huge traffic queues.
National Highways warned normal traffic conditions are not expected to return until 4pm at the earliest. It also wrote on X: “The #M1 in #Leicestershire is CLOSED in both directions between J20 (#Lutterworth) and J21 (#M69, #Leicester due to a serious collision. All emergency services are attending the scene.”
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