M5 closed in both directions after lorry overturns and spills fuel

We’re told the M5 in Gloucestershire will remain closed for most of the day (06/02) after a lorry overturned and spilled fuel onto the carriageway.

The motorway is currently shut in both directions between junction 11 for Gloucester and junction 9 for Tewkesbury.

It’s after two lorries crashed in the early hours of this morning, causing one of them to flip over the central reservation onto the northbound carriageway.

Emergency services and National Highways are still at the scene.

National Highways says there’s been significant damage to the central reservation barrier and the road surface.

Gloucestershire Police said: “Police were called at around 2.30am with a report that one of the lorries involved had overturned crashing into the central reservation between junctions 10 and 9.

"The occupants of the lorries have been assessed by paramedics and taken to hospital for treatment to injuries that are not believed to be serious.”

Traffic monitoring site Inrix says there are long delays in the area.

"M5 in both directions closed, long delays due to accident, two lorries involved and fuel spillage between J11 A40 (Gloucester / Golden Valley Bypass) and J9 A46 (Tewkesbury)," it said.

"Diversion - Via the A40 through Gloucester to Over Roundabout, then the A417 Ledbury Road to the M50 J2 and follow the M50 J2 to re-join the M5 at J8 (Strensham Interchange). Vice Versa for Southbound traffic."

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• gloucestershire police