M1 closed southbound after car overturns

Cars can be seen queuing in three lanes of a motorwayImage source, National Highways
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Traffic is queuing after the motorway was closed earlier

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The M1 was closed southbound after a car overturned.

National Highways said on X, external earlier that all four lanes of that carriageway were closed in Bedfordshire between junction 14 for Milton Keynes and junction 13 for Bedford.

Bedfordshire police and fire services and the East of England Ambulance Service all attended.

Diversions were put in place, external and the road reopened at about 08:15 BST.

A black and white traffic camera image shows vehicles on one side of a road while all four lanes on the other side are emptyImage source, National Highways
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The motorway has been closed southbound in Bedfordshire

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