A PERSON was taken to hospital after a collision near Clevedon.
The collision took place this afternoon (Tuesday, September 12) at around 1.41pm.
Traffic on the M5 was stopped between Portishead and Clevedon earlier this afternoon and lanes were closed to allow the recovery of a car.
National Highways South West said all lanes are now open.
All lanes are now OPEN on the #M5 southbound in #Somerset between J19 (#Portishead) and J20 (#Clevedon) following an earlier collision.
— National Highways: South-West (@HighwaysSWEST) September 12, 2023
Please allow extra time if travelling in the area as delays of 30 minutes remain. pic.twitter.com/g6NjGnIg5D
A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) said: “We were called at 13:41hrs to a road traffic collision near Clevedon.
“We sent a double-crewed land ambulance and a tactical commander and conveyed one patient by land ambulance to Bristol Royal Infirmary.”
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