Two men killed in horrific head-on collision after pensioner drove wrong way down the M1

The M1 in Nottinghamshire remains closed this afternoon following a fatal crash in which a vehicle went the wrong way up the carriageway.
By The Newsroom
Published 12th Oct 2015, 17:03 BST
Two men have died in a head-on crash after a driver went the wrong way along a motorway. Pictures by SWNS.Two men have died in a head-on crash after a driver went the wrong way along a motorway. Pictures by SWNS.
Two men have died in a head-on crash after a driver went the wrong way along a motorway. Pictures by SWNS.

Two men aged 87 and 27 were killed in a horrific head-on collision after the pensioner drove the wrong way down the M1 motorway in the early hours of today (Monday).

The elderly driver of the blue Mazda Premacy is believed to have been driving the wrong way along the carriageway before he smashed into a white Ford Transit van at 2.20am.

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He died at the scene of the crash along with a 27-year-old man who was a passenger in the van.

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Two men have died in a head-on crash after a driver went the wrong way along a motorway. Pictures by SWNS.Two men have died in a head-on crash after a driver went the wrong way along a motorway. Pictures by SWNS.
Two men have died in a head-on crash after a driver went the wrong way along a motorway. Pictures by SWNS.

The M1 southbound remains closed between junction 25 (Nottingham/Derby) and 24 (East Midlands Airport/Loughborough) this afternoon.

A spokesman for Highways England said: “Police investigation work and recovery is now complete and our contractors are on scene to carry out any necessary emergency repairs to the damaged road surface.

“The carriageway is not expected to open until later today.”

This incident has involved Nottinghamshire Police, Leicestershire Police, East Midlands Ambulance Service and Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue.

Diversions are in place.

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