Crash closes part of M25 for seven hours

Image source, MOtorway Cameras

Image caption, The road reopened just before 07:30 BST

A section of the M25 was shut for more than seven hours after a two-car crash in the middle of the night.

The crash happened on the clockwise direction of the motorway between junctions 18 and 19 at Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, just after midnight.

Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said firefighters released one person who was trapped. A man is in a critical condition in hospital.

The road reopened just before 07:30 BST.