M27 Fareham Crash Causes Traffic Chaos

Traffic is at a standstill between junction 10 and 12 following a collision near Fareham. Two lanes of the Eastbound carriageway near Fareham have been closed following the collision that happened just after 5:30pm this evening. [photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000Td9zRfopYqQ” g_name=”M27-J9-Rush-Crash” width=”800″ f_fullscreen=”t” bgtrans=”t” pho_credit=”iptc” twoup=”f” f_bbar=”t” f_bbarbig=”f” fsvis=”f” f_show_caption=”t” crop=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”t” f_htmllinks=”t” f_l=”t” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_show_slidenum=”t” f_topbar=”f” f_show_watermark=”t” img_title=”casc” linkdest=”c” trans=”xfade” target=”_self” tbs=”5000″ f_link=”t” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”t” f_ap=”t” f_up=”f” height=”400″ btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” ] A number of Emergency services have been sent to deal with the incident including three fire appliances from Hightown, Cosham and Fareham. The collison involves three vehicles, one of them, a red Ford Fiesta, has been badly damaged. One person has been freed by the Fire Service and was treated at the scene by South Central Ambulance Service. Two others are not thought to be hurt but have been checked by paramedics. Traffic on the Westbound carriage way is very slow caused by onlookers. All three lanes of the M27 were closed for a short time to aid removal of the vehicle in lane three which is now on the hard shoulder.