A1 Leeds crash: Long delays on the A1(M) near Leeds as air ambulance called out to serious crash
A person has been taken to hospital by air ambulance after a car travelling in the wrong direction on the northbound carriageway crashed into a van.
At 2.58pm today (Thursday), it was reported to police that a Volkswagen Polo had joined the road at Junction 44 and was travelling in the wrong direction.
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Hide AdAt 3.01pm it was reported that the vehicle had crashed. Emergency services were called out to the scene and found the Polo had crashed with a Vauxhall van.
One injured person has been taken to hospital by air ambulance.
The A1(M) northbound remains closed between junctions 42 and 44, with more than five miles of stationary traffic.
Highways England is turning drivers stuck in traffic away from the scene.
The M1 is also closed northbound between J47 (Garforth) and J48 (A1M).
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Long delays on the A1(M) near Leeds as Air Ambulance called out to serious crash
All emergency services and air ambulance called out to the scene
There is around three miles of heavy traffic on the approach to the incident and motorists are advised to avoid the area.
Crash blocks A1(M) northbound between J43 and J44 near Leeds
There are long delays on the A1(M) near Leeds following a serious crash.
Highways England first reported the crash at 3.20pm, which has blocked the northbound carriageway between J43 (M1) and J44 near Leeds.
We have contacted West Yorkshire Police and the Yorkshire Ambulance Service for more information on this breaking incident.
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