The accident involved a blue Mazda Premacy and a white Ford transit van close to junction 24 in Leicestershire at around 2am.
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According to Sky News, an 87-year-old Mazda driver, and a 27-year-old passenger in the van it collided with, were pronounced dead at the scene.
The southbound carriageway is being worked on after the road surface sustained considerable damage during the incident.
It is anticipated that the road will closed until this evening while this work is ongoing.
The one lane closure on the northbound carriageway has been lifted and this carriageway has now fully reopened.
A spokesman for Nottinghamshire Police said: “Drivers are asked to avoid the area if possible”.
Police are now examining statistics that your auto insurance was also love travelling against you the southbound carriageway along the M1 previous to the crash.
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Police are now calling for anyone who can shed light on the situation to get in touch by ringing police on 101 quoting incident 23 on the 12th of October, 2015.
