Firefighters free van driver trapped following M1 smash in Northamptonshire

Firefighters cut a driver out of a wrecked van following a smash which closed a Northamptonshire stretch of the M1 for nearly seven hours overnight.

The van and an HGV were involved in the crash between junction 18 for Daventry and junction 17, where the M45 joins the M1, at about midnight.

No update has been issued on the driver's condition.

Crews from Northampton, Long Buckby and Warwickshire all rushed to the scene.

Highways England reported queues of nearly three miles when they were finally able to re-open the stretch of road at 7am on Wednesday (March 31).

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