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Three arrested as car driven wrong way down bypass

Google A sign on the A638 with directions towards the M1Google
The vehicle failed to stop on the Ossett Bypass

Three people have been arrested after a car was driven the wrong way down an A road.

West Yorkshire Police said the vehicle failed to stop when approached on the Ossett Bypass (A638) near Wakefield.

All three occupants of the vehicle were arrested including the driver.

The southbound carriageway of the M1 was closed between junction 41 and junction 40 but the road reopened at about 18:30 BST.

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