Car and lorry crash on M25 causing four-mile queues in south Essex
The crash was first reported at 6.40am this morning with major tailbacks on the major link road and one lane closed.
The four-mile queues are building between J29 A127 Southend Arterial Road and J31 A282 Canterbury Way, with minimum delays of 18 minutes expected and average speeds of ten mph.
M25 clockwise – slow traffic from before J30 (A13) to the QE2 Bridge. One lane is closed at J31 (Thurrock) after a collision involving a lorry and a car. pic.twitter.com/1EpSz1m58k
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