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M1 in Bedfordshire closed after a multi-vehicle crash One dead in multi-vehicle crash on M1 in Bedfordshire
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Part of the M1 motorway in Bedfordshire is closed after a multi-vehicle crash. One person has died in a multi-vehicle crash on the M1 motorway in Bedfordshire.
A "serious collision" northbound between junction 11 for Luton and junction 12 for Flitwick happened just after 05:30 BST, police said. Five cars and a motorbike collided travelling northbound between junction 11 for Luton and junction 12 for Flitwick just after 05:30, police said.
Traffic cannot join the road from junction 9 for Redbourn to junction 13 near Milton Keynes. Officers said the victim was pronounced dead at the scene and "several others were seriously injured".
Officers said there had been serious injuries and the road would be closed for "a considerable amount of time". The road is closed and traffic cannot join it from junction 9 for Redbourn to junction 13 near Milton Keynes.
The ambulance service said there had been up to six casualties, some of whom were taken to the Luton and Dunstable Hospital. A Bedfordshire Police spokesman advised road users to find another route.
The M1 southbound remains open, but a diversion for northbound traffic has been set up.The M1 southbound remains open, but a diversion for northbound traffic has been set up.
Sgt Richard Cruse of the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Collision Investigation Unit, said its enquiries at the scene would "take some time".
"The vehicles and debris, which is strewn across all four lanes, require us to keep the whole motorway closed for several hours," he said.
The Highways Agency said there were "significant delays" in the area with tailbacks to junction 8 for Hemel Hempstead and it expected the road to be shut "until this afternoon".The Highways Agency said there were "significant delays" in the area with tailbacks to junction 8 for Hemel Hempstead and it expected the road to be shut "until this afternoon".
A Bedfordshire Police spokesman advised road users to find another route.