Image: National Highways.
As the traffic was flowing around Surrey and Sussex, for some drivers on the M23 yesterday morning, they were almost at a standstill.
Three different incidents brought things to a near halt on the southbound carriageway as a vehicle fire near to Gatwick Airport, was surpassed by a live deer seen roaming on the motorway.
One lane out of the four was reopened after the deer was caught and removed, but then a broken-down vehicle in the middle of the carriageway caused the remaining three lanes to stay closed.
This then led to an increase of tailbacks as vehicles could only pass in single file.
Altogether, the three incidents resulted in delays of around 90 minutes. The motorway was then reopened up again around 10am.
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