Six Car Chaos

Three people were injured when six cars collided with each other on the M1 highway near the Oxford off ramp last night.

When paramedics arrived on the scene, they found cars scattered over the highway with people standing around near the dangerous bend on the highway.

Paramedics quickly initiated emergency treatment and three people were treated on scene and taken to hospital. One of the victims sustained a chest injury.

The cause for the accident is not known, but is understood that one of the vehicles might have lost control around the bend on the wet highway and collided with the side barrier. Cars that proceeded around the bend could not swerve in time to avoid the first collision and secondary collisions occurred.

Paramedics acted quickly to clear the patients from the scene in order to remove the vehicles to prevent another collision.

Only one lane remained open for traffic.