Appeal after man 'punched to ground' in M25 South Mimms fight

Police have appealed for witnesses after the brawl by the eastbound slip road for junction 23 (South Mimms) left a man with life-changing injuries.

Following the fight on Monday (April 4) at 3.30pm - which caused queues back to junction 21 for the M1 - a man was arrested on suspicion of GBH.   

He has been released under investigation as enquiries continue.

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Officers have now asked motorists who may have dash cam footage of a white Audi A3 and a white Ford Transit van travelling in the area at the time to come forward.

Investigator Kay Leverton, from the Hertsmere Local Crime Unit, said: “Enquiries are continuing at this time to establish the circumstances around what happened.

“As part of this, we are appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident, or the events leading up to it and hasn’t yet spoken to police, to please get in touch.”

⛔ We've closed the #M25 junction 23 slip road while emergency services deal with an incident this afternoon, Monday 4 April.
The M25 will be fully closed at South Mimms to enable an air ambulance to land and transport an injured motorist to hospital.
Thank you for your patience. pic.twitter.com/yWRuLOxDtd

— Herts Police (@HertsPolice) April 4, 2022

Information can be emailed to kay.leverton@herts.police.uk, reported online or via non-emergency number 101 quoting reference 41/26659/22.

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