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M40 delays: Multi-car pile up near Warwick closes busy motorway for third time in three days

Pictures showed several cars involved in a dramatic crash on the M40: Wajid Khattak
Pictures showed several cars involved in a dramatic crash on the M40: Wajid Khattak

A multi-car pile-up on the M40 has forced police to close the motorway for the third time in three days.

At least five vehicles were involved in the crash on the northbound carriageway near Warwick at around 4pm on Wednesday.

Pictures from the scene showed one car wedged on top of two other vehicles, with smashed glass and debris scattering the tarmac.

Warwickshire Fire and Rescue said the northbound carriageway had been closed between junctions 15 and 16, sparking major delays during rush hour.

The M40 has been partly closed northbound between junctions 15 and 16 (Wajid Khattak)
The M40 has been partly closed northbound between junctions 15 and 16 (Wajid Khattak)

Drivers have been warned to avoid the motorway, which links London with Birmingham, for the third day in a row.

On Monday, three people were killed after a car towing a caravan travelled the wrong way down the M40 northbound for almost five miles .

A Subaru Forester was seen pulling a caravan the wrong direction on the northbound carriageway of the motorway in south Oxfordshire shortly before 4pm.

The vehicle was subsequently in a collision with a Ford Mondeo and a Ford Focus - killing the Subaru driver and passenger, both in their 80s, and the Mondeo driver, a man in his 30s.

Yesterday a woman was left fighting for her life after a collision between a silver Lexus and a refuse lorry at around 2.50pm near Oxford .