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M40 – critical care on motorway after serious crash
Emergency services shut the M40 between J11 at Banbury and J12 at Gaydon during the afternoon rush hour of Thursday, May 14.
According to Highways England, the incident involved a vehicle that has left the carriageway.
The air ambulance landed nearby to help with emergency services.
Meanwhile, traffic was backed up for more than an hour and stretched back over two miles once lane three had reopened.
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A Thames Valley Air Ambulance spokesperson said: “We can confirm that our helicopter was dispatched to provide advanced critical care at an incident in Banbury yesterday.”
Thames Valley Police was approached for a comment on the condition of those involved, but it refused to comment.