Update: A1M link road in North Yorkshire reopens after accident investigation

Accident investigators have completed their work at the scene of a crash which took place just off the A1M in North Yorkshire this morning.

The link road between the northbound carriageway at junction 49 and the A168 northbound near Dishforth was closed for several hours.

The link road between the A1M and the A168 at Dishforth was closed. Picture: Googleplaceholder image
The link road between the A1M and the A168 at Dishforth was closed. Picture: Google

Highways England announced the road closure shortly after 7am, saying that emergency services were responding to a "serious collision" involving an overturned vehicle.

A diversion was put in place but all lanes have now reopened.

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