The Romney Marsh Times


Friday, 2 July 2010

M20 delays as car crushed by lorry at Junction 10

Sainsbury's lorry crushes car on M20


A woman was rushed to hospital with serious head injuries this morning (2nd July 2010) when her car was crushed by a lorry as it overturned on the Junction 10 roundabout of the M20 near Ashford.

Her car, a Red Ford, was crushed when the Sainsbury lorry toppled over while navigating the roundabout. She was rushed to the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford with reported serious head injuries after Police, fire and ambulance crews cut her free just after 7.15am.

Traffic is backing up on the M20 and the area surrounding the coastbound exit slip road of the junction 10 roundabout with delays of upto 15 minutes while investigations are carried out. The Ashford junction is expected to re-open by 1pm.

Update (1pm): Normal traffic conditions are now expected to resume at 3pm.

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