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| Dartford disruption alert as crash shuts M25 carriageway | Dartford disruption alert as crash shuts M25 carriageway |
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| A crash closed the M25 clockwise carriageway at Dartford, causing tailbacks and disruption. | |
| Kent Police said a car and a lorry were involved in a crash at junction two at 03:45 GMT. The car damaged a barrier on a flyover following the collision. | Kent Police said a car and a lorry were involved in a crash at junction two at 03:45 GMT. The car damaged a barrier on a flyover following the collision. |
| One man was seriously injured and three had minor injuries. All four were taken to hospital. | One man was seriously injured and three had minor injuries. All four were taken to hospital. |
| Highways England said the barrier was replaced, allowing two lanes of the three-lane carriageway to reopen. | |
| The barrier is on a section of the M25 where it passes over the A2, a spokesman for Highways England said. | The barrier is on a section of the M25 where it passes over the A2, a spokesman for Highways England said. |
| He said a temporary barrier was installed on Thursday afternoon to allow the two outside lanes to reopen. | |
| The inside lane will remain closed until a new permanent barrier can be installed, which is expected to take a week to manufacture. | The inside lane will remain closed until a new permanent barrier can be installed, which is expected to take a week to manufacture. |
| Traffic lights were adjusted around Junction 2 to improve the flow of traffic, he added. | |
| BBC Travel said traffic was queuing from the Darenth Interchange for seven miles (11km) back to Junction 30, near Lakeside shopping centre in Essex at the height of the disruption. | |