One person taken to hospital after four-car crash on M5 near Stroud

It happened at around 5.20am this morning. Credit: Google Maps

One person has been taken to hospital following a four-car crash on the M5 in South Gloucestershire this morning.

It happened heading northbound between junctions 14 and 13 at around 5.20am and resulted in queuing traffic.

Gloucestershire Police said: "We were called at 5.20am today (Monday) to a collision on the M5 northbound carriageway between junctions 13 and 14.

"Four vehicles were involved and one person who sustained an injury went to hospital. Closures were put in place while emergency services were in attendance and these were later removed."

All lanes reopened and traffic returned to normal by 7.20am.

Traffic monitoring site Inrix said: "All lanes open and traffic returned to normal, accident cleared on M5 Northbound from J14 B4509 (Thornbury / Falfield) to J13 A419 (Stroud).