A man died after a road crash involving five vehicles, police said tonight.
Two coaches, two heavy goods vehicles and a box van collided on the southbound carriageway of the A1 near Allerton Park in North Yorkshire this afternoon.
The man driving the van was seriously injured in the crash and died at the scene, a spokeswoman for North Yorkshire Police said.
She added: ‘‘The vehicles are in the process of being recovered following an investigation at the scene of the collision.’’ No-one else was injured in the crash, police said.
The road was expected to remain closed for several hours.
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