LIVE: "Severe delays" and lane closed on M27 after HGV lorry ploughs into central reservation

There are currently “severe delays” on the M27 westbound carriageway as emergency services respond to the scene of a collision involving a HGV lorry.

A spokesperson from the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said: “We were called at 11.49am with reports of a collision on the M27 between junctions 11 and 12.

“A lorry collided with the central reservation.”

The force has also confirmed that the driver, a man in his 50s, has sustained serious injuries.

National Highways South East wrote on X: “ Lane 1 of (3) remains closed on the #M27 westbound between J12 (#Portsmouth) and J11 (#Fareham). Emergency barrier repairs will be taking place tonight following a collision.”