M1 motorway reopens in Northamptonshire after lorry crash

A motorway was partly closed after a lorry overturned in a collision.

Northamptonshire Police were called at 03:50 GMT to reports of a single-vehicle collision involving a lorry on the M1 northbound carriageway between junction 16 (Weedon Bec) and junction 18 (Crick).

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The motorway was later closed by National Highways "to facilitate the complex recovery of the lorry" and no injuries were reported.

A diversion route was in place, external[1] but two lanes have since reopened.

One lane is shut for barrier repairs.

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  1. ^ diversion route was in place, external (nationalhighways.co.uk)