BREAKING NEWS: All emergency services attend road closure in Northamptonshire after multi-vehicle crash

The A43 in Northamptonshire has been shut northbound and traffic is now being diverted via local routes, Highways England reports.

By The Newsroom

Published 16th Feb 2018, 14:30 BST

Updated 16th Feb 2018, 15:05 BST

The incident is ongoing between the A413 near Whittlebury and the A5 due to a multi-vehicle collision.

All emergency vehicles, including Northamptonshire Police, are on scene.

A spokeswoman for Northamptonshire Police said the county forcewas called at 12.17pm to reports of a two-vehicle road traffic collision involving an Audi and a Ford Fiesta.

She said: "It happened on the A43 northbound between the McDonalds roundabout and the VW roundabout.

"We don’t believe there were any life-changing or life-threatening injuries."

One lane on the Southbound carriageway is also closed.