M40 crash: Motorway reopens 14 hours after closure

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THE M40 has reopened this morning, 14 hours after a crash involving a caravan travelling the wrong way, which resulted in hours of tailbacks. 

However, there were still heavy delays on both carriageways this morning.

And another crash on the same stretch also caused more problems.

A lorry and a Toyota crashed on the approach to the queue, with the damaged car initially stuck in the outside lane.

But delays have now cleared and the road is back to normal.

Following yesterday's serious incident, police had already reopened the southbound carriageway, but resurfacing work meant that the northbound carriageway remained closed until just before 7am. 

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All the vehicles involved were recovered around 23:30 and emergency resurfacing works were completed at 05:00, before the carriageway was reopened.Slow traffic was still impacting commuters this morning, will queues stretching from just past Cadmore End to beyond Lewknor, from junction 5 to 8A. 

#M40 #Oxfordshire northbound is NOW OPEN following a serious collision and emergency resurfacing btwn J6 and J8A #Oxford. In addition the collision btwn J5 #Stokenchurch and J6 has been moved to the hard shoulder and traffic has been released. Many thanks to @tvprp for their work pic.twitter.com/zLeQOlZupE

— Highways England (@HighwaysEAST) October 16, 2018

The condition of those involved in the original crash is not yet known. 

Police now want anyone with footage of the car or the crash to contact them.

Call on 101 quoting reference 832 (15/10).