Here's why there was traffic chaos in Northampton town centre earlier today

Here’s why there was traffic chaos in a busy part of Northampton today.

The area surrounding Bridge Street, outside Carlsberg factory, was heavily congested at around 11am today (Wednesday, April 10).

Police had closed off a lane and traffic was crawling through the remaining open lanes for the next hour.

Northants Police has since confirmed to this newspaper what happened.

A police spokeswoman said: “Just after 11.15am we were called to Bridge Street to reports of a collision between two vehicles.

“Some people needed medical treatment but thankfully no one is believed to have suffered life threatening or life changing injuries.”