THE M5 has been brought to a standstill by a rush-hour crash reportedly between a lorry and van, triggering huge tailbacks.
Traffic is being held southbound between Junction 9 at Tewkesbury and Junction 10 Cheltenham following the collision, with queues snaking back.
Inrix traffic monitor first reported the crash at 6.54am.
It said: “All traffic being temporarily held and stationary traffic due to accident on M5 Southbound from J9 A46 (Tewkesbury) to J10 A4019 (Cheltenham).
“All traffic stopped at around 06:50.”
According to the site, disruption is expected to continue until around 9am.
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