A lorry and a number of cars have crashed on the M1
Northbound traffic on the M1 has been stopped near East Midlands Airport after a collision late on Tuesday night. All three emergency services are currently at the scene.
A lorry and number of cars were involved in the crash. However, it appears no serious injuries have been reported. In an alert at around 11.30pm, National Highways said traffic had been stopped due to a collision. It said Leicestershire Police, the fire and rescue service, the East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust and its own traffic officers were on the scene.
"We hope to let traffic run past in the outside lane shortly," added the tweet. Scroll down for updates as we get them.Vehicles made safe and moved to hard shoulder The fire service says the vehicles have been "made safe and moved to hard shoulder" and the incident has been "handed over to Police"Leicestershire Fire service said the collsion involved an "articulated lorry and a number of cars". It said two casualties had been assessed by ambulance crews but will not be going to hospital