The driver has only suffered minor injuries, but the resulting closures have hurt travel times across the south east.
Finn Macdiarmid reports.
Finn Macdiarmid reports.
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00:00There was a huge accident at the M25 over the weekend on Sunday night at 10pm where
00:05a Tesco lorry burst into flames after colliding with the central barrier between Junction
00:095 and 6 near Godstone. The HGV exploded but thankfully an ambulance was driving behind
00:14and the crew stopped to assist. It's now been reported that the driver only had minor
00:18injuries after the crash.
00:20Fire crews were on the scene as well with six of them being joined by South East Ambulance
00:24Service and Surrey Police Officers. They put out the flames in the morning with only one
00:28engine remaining at 7am.
00:30The stretch of road has been reported to need resurfacing. And throughout the day the stretch
00:35has been fully closed. Anyone hoping to get from Kent to that side of the M25 or the other
00:39way around has been advised to seek a different route with the closure likely to stay until
00:44around midday.
00:45And it's even driven some road users to question the infrastructure of routes into Kent. With
00:50ex-user Russ tweeting that the Dartford Tunnel has had to close some of its lanes and with
00:55the crash on the M25, the Lower Thames Crossing might have come in handy as he says it can
01:00take up to five hours to get out of Kent.
01:03Both routes into the county have been heavily affected with the junction joining the M20
01:07to the M25 closed around Chipstead all the way to Addington and the M25A2 junction near
01:13the Dartford Crossing is experiencing severe delays all along the A2 into Kent.