M1 crash driver ‘on the wrong side of the road’

Police believe a van driver was travelling on the wrong side of the road towards oncoming traffic before a crash that closed the M1 for six hours on Sunday.

Hertfordshire Police said three people were taken to hospital after the collision which involved a white Renault Master van, a black BMW X5 and a red Ducati Multistrada motorbike.

It happened on the southbound carriageway between junction six for Bricket Wood and junction five for Watford at about 04:30 GMT.

The road reopened at 10:30.

One person was arrested in connection with the incident.

The force said the BMW driver, a man in his 30s, was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

The Renault driver, a man in his 30s, and the rider of the Ducati motorcycle, a man in his 40s, remain in hospital with serious injuries.

Sgt Duncan Hall, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Road Policing Unit, appealed for anyone with information to come forward.

"I'm particularly keen to speak to anyone with a dashcam and who was driving in the area at the time in case they recorded any important footage," he said.