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M25 closed in Essex after driver medical emergency

News imageNational Highways A still image from a highways camera positioned on a gantry. Below are vehicles heading away from the camera. The carriageway furthest away from the camera is empty. In the background are blue motorway signs positioned in front and above a tunnel.National Highways
The anti-clockwise stretch, which is on the right-hand side, was shut

A stretch of the M25 was closed after a motorist suffered a medical episode, police said.

National Highways said the motorway was closed anti-clockwise between junction 27 for the M11 and junction 26 near Waltham Abbey.

Essex Police said it was called at 11:40 GMT and a spokesperson said: "It was reported that a casualty had suffered a medical episode. They have been left in the care of the ambulance service."

At about 15:00, National Highways said the road had reopened.

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