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Two airlifted after motorway bridge crash | Two airlifted after motorway bridge crash |
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Two people were airlifted to hospital after a Range Rover hit a bridge support on the A74(M) in south-west Scotland on Saturday afternoon. | |
A third person was taken to hospital by road after the crash which happened at 13:15 on the northbound carriageway near Jct 16 at Johnstonebridge. | |
The condition of those who were injured was not known. | The condition of those who were injured was not known. |
The stretch of motorway, about six miles north of Lockerbie, was closed until about 22:30. | |
A police spokeswoman said officers were appealing for witnesses to the crash, which involved a black Range Rover, to come forward. | A police spokeswoman said officers were appealing for witnesses to the crash, which involved a black Range Rover, to come forward. |
Police have not confirmed details but it is thought that a man and two women were cut free from the wreckage by firefighters, who worked for 90 minutes at the crash scene. | |
The motorway was closed both ways for two hours and thousands of vehicles were queued back up to six miles. | |
Police set up diversions and later opened one lane on each side of the motorway to let traffic off before closing the northbound lane again for a major accident investigation. | |
Hundreds of motorists were stuck in huge traffic jams as temperatures again reached 25C. |