M4 closed as crash causes heavy traffic - live updates

There is queuing traffic after an accident on the M4 eastbound carriageway in Newport. All lanes are currently blocked and traffic is passing on the hard shoulder from Junction 26 A4051 (Malpas Road) to Junction 25A A4042 (Newport/Cwmbran), according to traffic monitoring service Inrix.

Congestion reaches Junction 29 (A48 Interchange) and there are delays on the westbound carriageway as traffic slows to look.

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