TWO people have been rushed to hospital following a crash on the M5.

Drivers are facing 'severe' dealys northbound between juntion 26, for Wellington, and junction 20 for Clevedon after the crash - as well as growing volumes of holiday traffic.

The crash happened near Junction 21 for Weston-super-Mare at around 12.30pm.

A spokesman for the ambulance service said: "We were called at 12.39pm to the incident.

"We allocated one road ambulance and conveyed two patients to Bristol Royal Hospital for Children's emergency department."


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A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said: "We were called at about 12.40pm to a three car road traffic collision between junctions 21 and 20 northbound.

"The motorway has been cleared and was running OK by 2.15pm, but there are long tailbacks as it is a Friday afternoon."

The police spokesman added that the injuries were not serious.

Elsewhere, the A358 was closed earlier after a milk delivery lorry caught fire on the busy road.