WORK has been ongoing through the night to clear an overturned lorry from the M25.
The lorry spilled out around 25,000 litres of fluid after it left the road and crashed into a set of bushes between junction 27 to 25 moving anti-clockwise.
Two people were inside the vehicle at the time, but thankfully they only suffered minor injuries.
The barrier on the left side of the lane has received around 80metres of damage as a result of the incident.
TFL UPDATE: TfLTrafficNews: RT HighwaysEAST: 2 lanes remain clsd #M25 #Essex anti-clockwise btwn J26 #WalthamAbbey + J25 #WalthamCross following a collision. The lorry came to rest down the embankment yesterday evening and is loaded with a flammable mate… pic.twitter.com/qCNQW5sHS6
— Bob (@thelondonbob01) August 22, 2018
Lanes remained closed through the night, and by 5.30am today, the average road speeds were 17mph.
Delays are now at around 90 minutes, and traffic is queueing back up to nine miles from where the incident took place.
Highways England confirmed at 7am that recovery teams were finally on the scene and the vehicle is now being prepared to begin a "complex recovery".
Update: 4.30pm
#M25 anti-clockwise btwn J26 and J25 just has 1 lane closed now following the earlier incident. Further clear-up work is required for the shed load which is scheduled for later this evening. @HighwaysEAST pic.twitter.com/BfGjZUuz7c
— Highways England (@HighwaysEAST) August 22, 2018
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