Police in attendance as horse wanders on the M5 (Image: Highways England)
A horse on the loose on the M5 in Somerset caused long delays this morning (Saturday, September 2).
Traffic was stopped in both directions between junction 20 (Clevedon) and junction 19 (Portishead) after the horse got out of a trailer and wandered on to the carriageway.
Avon and Somerset Police attended to manage the traffic while the horse was safely returned to the trailer.
The incident caused congestion to junction 18 on the northbound side of the motorway and junction 21 on the southbound side.
The road was reopened at about 10.30am.
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