Two people were taken to hospital following a crash on the M40 yesterday afternoon.

The police were called to the incident at 13:42 on the motorway between junction 3 and 2.

It has been reported that a car collided with the central reservation and had overturned.

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An ambulance officer, two ambulance crews, and the critical care car from the Thames Valley Air Ambulance attended the scene.

Following treatment at the scene for non-life threatening injuries, two people were taken to John Radcliffe Hospital.

The crash caused the M40 to close with drivers advised to divert onto the A404 to High Wycombe and then to the A40 east.

The motorway reopened at around 5pm.