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| M1 in Bedfordshire closed after a multi-vehicle crash | M1 in Bedfordshire closed after a multi-vehicle crash |
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| Part of the M1 motorway in Bedfordshire is closed after a multi-vehicle crash. | Part of the M1 motorway in Bedfordshire is closed after a multi-vehicle crash. |
| A "serious collision" northbound between junction 11 for Luton and junction 12 for Flitwick happened just after 05:30 BST, police said. | A "serious collision" northbound between junction 11 for Luton and junction 12 for Flitwick happened just after 05:30 BST, police said. |
| Traffic cannot join the road from junction 9 for Redbourn to junction 13 near Milton Keynes. | Traffic cannot join the road from junction 9 for Redbourn to junction 13 near Milton Keynes. |
| Officers said there had been serious injuries and the road would be closed for "a considerable amount of time". | Officers said there had been serious injuries and the road would be closed for "a considerable amount of time". |
| The ambulance service said there had been up to six casualties, some of whom were taken to the Luton and Dunstable Hospital. | |
| 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. |
| 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. | A Bedfordshire Police spokesman advised road users to find another route. |