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M1 motorway closed after accident M1 reopens after eight-car crash
(about 1 hour later)
The M1 motorway was closed near Nottingham following a crash involving several vehicles. An eight-car pile-up closed a section of the M1 for more than three hours and left one person seriously injured, Nottinghamshire Police have said.
The accident happened on the northbound carriageway, and the southbound carriageway was also shut for a time to allow an air ambulance to land. An air ambulance took the person to hospital following the collision near Long Eaton at about midday.
East Midlands Ambulance Service said two people were airlifted to hospital. The crash between junctions 24a and 25 on the northbound carriageway also closed the southbound carriageway to allow the air ambulance to land.
The southbound carriageway has now reopened but one lane remains closed on the northbound carriageway between junctions 24 and 25 near Long Eaton. The motorway has since reopened but traffic was slow to clear, police said.
There are one-hour delays for traffic heading north. A police spokesman said: "There was a seven-or-eight-car pile-up on the M1 northbound between junction 24a and 25, as a result of which a number of people were injured and the motorway was closed.
A Nottinghamshire Police spokesman said: "At this point all we can say is there has been a serious road traffic collision and officers are currently on the scene." "It was decided by the emergency services at the scene to use the Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire air ambulance and one of the passengers from one of the vehicles was airlifted to Queen's Medical Centre.
"The passenger from the vehicle has serious injuries although they are not described as life-ending."