FIREFIGHTERS cut a casualty from wreckage following a five-vehicle pile-up on a busy Hampshire motorway.
The two vans and three cars were in collision on the M3 northbound carriageway between junctions 11 at Winchester and 12 at Eastleigh at 6.28am.
Crews from St Mary’s, Redbridge and Eastleigh fire stations arrived to cut the roof off a vehicle and free a person before they were treated by waiting ambulance crews.
They are thought to have minor injuries.
The crash blocked two lanes causing delays of up to 25 minutes for motorists with motorists using Lane One and the hard shoulder to pass the incident.
Lane two has since reopened but lane three remains closed.
It is also causing delays on Bassett Avenue and Thomas Lewis Way in Southampton.
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