Motorway Closed after Three Crashes in 15 Minutes

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THOUSANDS OF bank holiday motorists were left in jams yesterday after three major road crashes in 15 minutes on a short stretch of motorway.

One motorist, in his 40s, was left fighting for his life after his vehicle cartwheeled 12ft down an embankment at junction 17 on the M4 motorway near Chippenham, Wiltshire, at about midday.

Just 15 minutes before, a caravan had jack-knifed and blocked all three lanes on the eastbound carriageway at junction 15. Minutes later, a BMW driver on the westbound carriageway looking at the accident smashed into another car. The motorway was closed for nearly three hours while wreckage was cleared.

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