Three taken to hospital after crash on motorway

Highways England A still from a CCTV camera overlooking the motorway. It is blurry, but the blue lights of emergency vehicles are in the image and have blocked off the road. A queue of traffic waits behind them.Highways England
Drivers experienced hours of delays after part of the M1 in Hertfordshire was closed

Three people have been taken to hospital after a motorway collision involving a car, van and motorbike.

It happened on the M1 between Bricket Wood, near St Albans in Hertfordshire, and Watford at about 04:30 GMT.

Police, fire and ambulance services all attended, and the southbound carriageway was shut for about six hours before reopening at 10:30.

One person was arrested in connection with the incident, Hertfordshire Police said.

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