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| M4 near Bristol closed by fatal lorry crash | M4 near Bristol closed by fatal lorry crash |
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| Part of the M4 near Bristol is likely to be closed for most of the day after a lorry driver died in a crash. | Part of the M4 near Bristol is likely to be closed for most of the day after a lorry driver died in a crash. |
| The eastbound carriageway of the road was closed after the crash close to the Almondsbury Interchange. | |
| Police said the crash involved two lorries and that one person had died. They added the eastbound carriageway would be closed for much of the day. | Police said the crash involved two lorries and that one person had died. They added the eastbound carriageway would be closed for much of the day. |
| Earlier, two men were killed in a car crash on the M1 near Watford, Hertfordshire. | Earlier, two men were killed in a car crash on the M1 near Watford, Hertfordshire. |
| The driver and a passenger, aged 22 and 24 and from London, in a BMW were killed in the crash with another BMW shortly after 02:30 GMT between junctions four and five. | The driver and a passenger, aged 22 and 24 and from London, in a BMW were killed in the crash with another BMW shortly after 02:30 GMT between junctions four and five. |
| 'Serious injuries' | 'Serious injuries' |
| The M1 southbound between Watford and Edgware opened at lunchtime but long delays back to junction 6A of M25 were reported. | |
| Another two men in the car were taken to St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, central London. | Another two men in the car were taken to St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, central London. |
| A Hertfordshire Police spokeswoman said they had suffered "serious injuries" and an investigation was under way into the cause. | A Hertfordshire Police spokeswoman said they had suffered "serious injuries" and an investigation was under way into the cause. |
| In Bristol, Great Western Ambulance said the lorry driver was pronounced dead at the scene. | In Bristol, Great Western Ambulance said the lorry driver was pronounced dead at the scene. |
| Long tailbacks | Long tailbacks |
| Traffic was queuing back to the Welsh side of the Second Severn Crossing. | |
| A car fire on the M4 close to the junction for the M32 also caused delays for westbound motorists but later opened to traffic. | |
| Jill Risdale from the Highways Agency said there were "long tailbacks" in the area - with queues stretching back about 12 miles to Magor in south-east Wales. | |
| She added that alternative routes such as the M48 Old Severn Bridge were slow because traffic could not rejoin the M4. | She added that alternative routes such as the M48 Old Severn Bridge were slow because traffic could not rejoin the M4. |
| Other accidents on diversion routes such as the M49 - where a lorry hit the central reservation - have also caused problems. | |
| The M5 northbound was also badly affected by the M4 closure with queues around Cribbs Causeway and Avonmouth. | |
| She said motorists should "avoid the area completely at the moment" and that the eastbound carriageway was likely to be closed until mid-afternoon. |