Major traffic incident on M5

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Horrible horrible traffic accident at junction 25.

My thoughts go out to all those involved and relatives of those people who have lost their lives.

It does sound horrific. I'll join you in your thoughts to all those affected.

I live really close to it its absolutely awful. So sad.

I'll also join you in sending my thoughts out to all involved

Awful. Praying my bro and family in Taunton are not involved . Thoughts with families and those affected.

Thinking of those poor people involved and their families.
Hope all family and friends are o.k. DH family live near there.

were waiting to hear if friend is ok , far as we can work out they were at the carnival am really hoping they are all

TheHumancatapult, hope your friend is ok. Looks like the accident happened around 830pm, hopefully people would have already been at the carnival.

Just seen this in the news this morning. Those poor, poor people! Thoughts and prayers are with anyone affected by this.

Its awful, just so many people involved.....thinking of them

Anyone know an alternative route though? I am in Exeter and need to get back up to Birmingham today.

Damn....got to go...ignore last post, will just hope for the best .....

come on satnav do your worst!

I had not seen the news. So tragic shows how vulnerable we are

oh my, how terrible, just switched on the news. Those poor poor people and families.

oh Psocid, thats bad form, i am quite sure you will find other roads ffs.

Psocid use the A38.

My thoughts are with the victims and their family and friends, and also with the Emergency Services and Health care professionals who are dealing with this tragedy.

Those poor people, your worst nightmare :(

Is an awful thing to have happened.

We were at the carnival and remember a huge mist descending over the area: the weather had been horrid, we'd been caught in a downpour I have never seen the like of earlier (drenched through a regatta jacket and two layers in 100metre dash) then part of the river wall very close to where we were staying (Mum's house) collapsed so the weather conditions had been appalling. We saw helicopters overhead which I assume was part of the response (or SKY news) and that was ten minutes after the fog.

OTOH there was a big firework disaply and people on Sky are saying they saw black smoke drift across to the motorway.

If anyone on MN has family involved my heart goes out to you all. It was a very, very strange day for the area. The carnival for tonight has been cancelled for thei first time outside wartime in something like 400 years which shows the scale of things; I hope the do collections for the victim's appeal 9surely tehre will be one?) at the next one on monday.

(Actually {Psocid was right to worrry even if small in comparison- we'd had to abandon 100 foot carnival flotas in North petherton: if the police couldn;t work out how to get those out goodness what other traffic weas doing!)

so very sad :(

its saddening to hear about those involved especially those who were lost. What a terrifying way to go, some caught in flames. hoping they did not suffer.

peachy. hoping brigewater carnival was enjoyable at least, we missed it

Urgh - just watching it on the news. It's just horrible. So shocking that a fireball was part of it. People were just helpless

Really awful - made my blood run cold watching the news.

Thoughts with the poor people caught up in the accident, their families and the rescue workers.

jimi a good one, but kinda glad tonight is off as a mark of respect (it's part that and part highways agency, police were ok for it to go ahead but highways not. Police have just been incredible last 24 hours, can;t have been easy for them to have us lot to contend with as well as floods and fireballs).

We get to try again monday: those poor people not. We both worked in haulage industry near there so now just praying nobody we knew invovled.

An old colleague has just found out her granparents died in the crash. Makes your heart sink. Theyd just left her house 2 go home wen it haopened. Absolutely heartbreaking