Police have confirmed that a 32-year-old Exeter woman was airlifted to hospital this morning with a serious arm injury after her car overturned on the M5 near Cullompton.
The woman's car overturned in the middle lane on the northbound carriageway near junction 28 at Cullompton at around 6.30am this morning, trapping her inside.
Police have described her injuries as non life threatening but potentially life changing.
She was airlifted to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth by the Devon Air Ambulance at around 8am.
There have been huge delays on the M5 in both directions at Exeter with the northbound carriageway closed at junction 29 at Exeter.
At 8.50am a police spokesperson said they expected the northbound carriageway to reopen within the hour.
The southbound carriageway of the M5 near Cullompton was also closed for a short time to allow the air ambulance to land but is now open and traffic is moving slowly.
The incident involved a blue Renault Clio.
A police spokesperson said a Mercedes Sprinter van, registered to Stockton-on-Tees, also needed assistance following the incident but was not directly involved in the crash itself.
No other vehicles were involved and there were no other casualties.
Speaking to the Echo at around 8.30am, Ian Creek, 33, marketing director for Rokk Media Ltd from Alphington said he has been at a standstill about half-a-mile from the Cullompton junction for around and hour and 20 minutes.
"I just hope everyone's alright," he said. "The northbound carriageway has been at a standstill the whole time and the southbound carriage was shut for around 20 minutes to allow the air ambulance to land. We saw it land about five to eight and then take off around 20 minutes later.
"Everyone's just sat in their cars with their engines off."
Motorists are advised to find an alternative route from Exeter to Cullompton for the time being.
Traffic is being routed around the junction and back on again, on M5 northbound between J29, A30 (Exeter) and J28, A373 (Cullompton Services).Full updates as we have them
