Traffic is queuing after the motorway was closed earlier
The M1 has been closed southbound after a car overturned.
National Highways said on X, external all four lanes of the motorway in Bedfordshire were closed between junction 14 for Milton Keynes and junction 13 for Bedford.
Bedfordshire police and fire services and the East of England Ambulance Service are all at the scene.
Diversions have been put in place, external.
The motorway has been closed southbound in Bedfordshire
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