Crash closes A1 between Stamford and Peterborough

A crash has closed the A1 in both directions south of Stamford.

A van and a lorry were involved in the accident near Stibbington just before 7.20am.

Firefighters from Cambridgeshire arrived to find one casualty was out of their vehicle and they released a second casualty who was trapped before placing them in the care of the ambulance service. Two men were taken to hospital but the extent of their injuries is not known to police.

The road is shut southbound between the A605 junction at Alwalton and the A47 junction at Wansford, with traffic backing up to the Barnack turn a mile south of Stamford.

National Highways is warning people to avoid the route and has set up a diversion along the A47 at Wansford into Peterborough, rejoining the A1(M) at the Haddon Interchange.