A1 closed following collision involving a car and lorry

Author: Ally McGilvrayPublished 4 hours agoLast updated 37 minutes ago

The A1 was closed in both directions close to the Scotland-England border following a “serious crash” involving a car and a lorry.

Police shut the route southbound at Burnmouth and northbound at Lamberton, in Berwickshire, with locals reporting diversions had led to “gridlock” on some side roads.

Emergency services raced to the scene after the alarm was raised around 9.15am today (Saturday).

They were joined by an air ambulance from Glasgow shortly after 10am. It left just after midday and the road fully reopened just before 3pm.

It’s the latest in a series of smashes on the busy cross-border route.

Earlier this month, three people were injured – two of them critically – following a two-car crash on the English side of the border, north of Berwick.

A man and a woman both aged in their 70s were taken to hospital, while a man in his 80s, was treated at the scene for injuries which have been described as “serious but non life-threatening”.

It comes as frustrations mount over delays in dualling the A1 its entire length.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 9.15am on Saturday, December 16th, police were called to a report of a serious road crash involving a car and a lorry on the A1.

“Emergency services including air ambulance are in attendance.

“The road is closed in both directions, southbound at Burnmouth and northbound at Berwick, with local diversions in place.”

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Meanwhile, in Selkirk, police say the unclassified road between the A699 and the B6453 heading to the A7 is currently closed (12.30pm, Saturday) to allow recovery of vehicles following a collision.

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