Six people were taken to hospital after three separate crashes along the same stretch of the M5 this morning, according to emergency services. One of the eight vehicles involved was a coach, police said.
Police, ambulance, and the fire service were all called to the M5 southbound between junctions 21 for Weston-super-Mare and 22 for Burnham-on-Sea at 10.15am this morning. Eight vehicles, including a coach, were involved in three crashes at the same time on the carriageway.
The ambulance service said that six patients were taken to hospital by land ambulance, and an air ambulance was also deployed to the scene, which resulted in both sides of the motorway being closed. The fire service deployed 17 firefighters from Avonmouth and Weston-super-Mare to assist the paramedics at the scene.
