Road reopens after man hurt in gas tanker incident

A queue of traffic along both lanes of a dual carriageway heading from the top left to the bottom right of the picture. The traffic includes lorries, cars and vans. There is a low barrier in the centre of the road and some vehicles are visible heading in the opposite direction in the top right. There are trees to the right of the photo and lamp poles.Steve Hubbard/BBC

The incident has caused long delays on one of Northamptonshire's major routes

A major road has reopened following an incident involving a gas tanker in which a man was injured.

The east and westbound carriageways of the A45 between Riverside and Barnes Meadow Interchange near Northampton were closed at about 03:10 BST.

Northamptonshire Police said the incident happened on the eastbound carriageway and the injured man was taken to University Hospital Coventry.

All lanes of the carriageway are now open to traffic.

Dual carriageway showing traffic including lorries, vans and cars heading up from the bottom left of the photo. The vehicles are going under two motorway bridges. A police van is parked on the most distant bridge. A red van is visible heading in the opposite direction. There are trees on either side of the road.Steve Hubbard/BBC

Traffic is now flowing in both directions

The police have responded to speculation on social media about the A45 incident being part of an emergency response training day.

A spokesperson for Northamptonshire Police said: "I can confirm that the incident on the A45 this morning is not part of the major emergency exercise and is in fact a live police investigation."

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