traffic<\/a> collision.\n<\/p>\n\n “Police are leaving the scene and have reopened the northbound entry slip road at Marcham Interchange.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The southbound carriageway, between Abingdon and Marcham Interchange, remains closed for Highways England to continue their work.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Sadly a man, in his twenties, died at the scene. His next of kin have been made aware and are being supported by specially trained officers.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Our thoughts remain with them at this distressing time.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We would like to thank all motorists for their patience whilst we responded to this collision.”\n<\/p>\n
\n National Highways has confirmed that the crash involved a motorcycle and a HGV.\n<\/p>\n
\n The southbound carriageway was closed at about 7.40am and Thames Valley police confirmed that the road was closed northbound at 8.52am, as well.\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesman for National Highways said: “The road was closed to allow Thames Valley Police and South Central Ambulance Service to work safely at scene.\n<\/p>\n
\n “National Highways Traffic Officers were dispatched immediately to assist the emergency services, with our area team crews installing full traffic management on approach.”\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesman for Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “Our thoughts remain with the loved ones of the man who very sadly died on the A34 earlier today.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Abingdon North county councillor Nathan Ley, a Lib Dem, described the A34 as “borked”, a slang term meaning it is not working properly, broken, damaged or ruined.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: “Tell me the A34 is borked without telling me.\n<\/p>\n
\n “A34 both directions between A4183 Abingdon and A415 Witney. Road remains closed following a serious collision.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Long delays of 20 miles of congestion on the approach. Traffic is being diverted through town.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The particular stretch of the A34 southbound is just after the 50mph restriction ends for the Lodge Hill slip roads, where motorists can travel back up to 70mph.\n<\/p>\n
\n Motorists reported poor visibility on Friday morning due to fog.\n<\/p>\n
Community answers<\/p>\n
Book of Condolence<\/p>\n
“We have opened a book of condolence for a man in his 20s who sadly died in a crash on the A34 near Abingdon on Friday. This is for anyone who wants to leave a tribute to him or condolences for his loved ones. Please know we will moderate content to ensure it remains a respectful space. There may be a delay in messages being made public as they require approval.””<\/p>\n
We asked for your responses – this is what you sent.<\/p>\n
From Maria de Lima <\/p>\n
Leave your tributes hereMy sincere condolences to the entire family; only God can provide comfort at a time like this<\/p>\n
From Jenny Palmer <\/p>\n
Leave your tributes hereSuch tragic news.., thinking of the poor man\u2019s family<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thames Valley Police confirmed on Friday afternoon that a man in his 20s was pronounced dead at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-818929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}