A crashed white van has spread debris across the road and blocked three lanes of traffic on the M25.
Traffic is queuing on the anticlockwise side of the motorway between junction 27 for the M11 at Epping and junction 26 at Waltham Abbey.
A CCTV image shows the van surrounded by debris including a ladder, tire and building materials.
According to the Highways Agency, “normal traffic conditions” are expected to return by 2.15pm.
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