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| Woman dead in multi-vehicle crash on M1 in Bedfordshire | |
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| A 36-year-old woman has died in a multi-vehicle crash on the M1 motorway in Bedfordshire. | |
| Five cars and a motorbike collided travelling northbound between junction 11 for Luton and junction 12 for Flitwick just after 05:30, 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. |
| Officers said the victim was pronounced dead at the scene and "several others were seriously injured". | Officers said the victim was pronounced dead at the scene and "several others were seriously injured". |
| The road is closed and traffic cannot join it from junction 9 for Redbourn to junction 13 near Milton Keynes. | The road is closed and traffic cannot join it from junction 9 for Redbourn to junction 13 near Milton Keynes. |
| A Bedfordshire Police spokesman advised road users to find another route. | 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". | 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 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". |