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M25 closed after lorries collide M25 reopens after lorry collision
(about 3 hours later)
Drivers on the M25 continue to face long queues after an accident closed the motorway in both directions. Morning commuters on the M25 faced long queues after an accident closed the motorway in both directions.
Two lorries collided between junctions 24 and 25 at 0200 GMT, one overturning in the central reservation, shedding its load and hitting several lampposts.Two lorries collided between junctions 24 and 25 at 0200 GMT, one overturning in the central reservation, shedding its load and hitting several lampposts.
The road is expected to remain shut clockwise between junctions 23 and 25, and anticlockwise between junctions 27 and 24 until 1300 GMT. The road clockwise between junctions 23 and 25, and anticlockwise between junctions 27 and 24 has reopened.
Traffic is being diverted onto the A1 Barnet bypass, A406 and M11. The closure led to earlier tailbacks that stretched for seven miles both clockwise and anti-clockwise.
Spilled debris
The closure has led to tailbacks that stretched for seven miles both clockwise and anti-clockwise near the affected junctions, although those queues have eased through the morning.
A Highways Agency spokesman said no-one was hurt in the incident.A Highways Agency spokesman said no-one was hurt in the incident.
"We have got a lot of debris from the vehicle spilled across both carriageways," he said.
"We have also got over 100 metres of crash barrier down and damaged lampposts and signs."
The closed stretches of motorway run clockwise from South Mimms to the A10, and anticlockwise from the M11 to Potters Bar.