A DRIVER teed off Monday morning with a wayward drive on the M25 when his lorry containing boxes of golf balls jack-knifed across the clockwise carriageway.
Thousands of motorists were feeling well below par after finding themselves trapped behind the scene of the accident, which occurred at junction seven, where the M25 meets the M23 at Merstham.
Golf balls were strewn across the motorway and there were tailbacks stretching back 20 miles to junction three in Kent.
It is believed the lorry jack-knifed and collided with the nearside crash barrier. No other vehicles were involved in the accident.
Lanes one and two - the M23 slip lanes - were closed for more than seven hours as rescue crews worked throughout the morning to clear the lorry and the debris.
Teams from the Highways Agency, in Godstone, used a forklift to remove the load, before the cab was removed from the scene.
Drivers on the M25 suffered severe delays to their journeys, as did motorists heading westbound on the M26.
The 45-year-old male driver of the lorry was treated at the scene by ambulance crews.
A Surrey Ambulance spokeswoman said the driver was taken to East Surrey Hospital, in Redhill, with neck and leg injuries.
He was released a short time after.
Fire crews from Reigate and Godstone assisted with the clean-up operation, along with Surrey Police.
A spokeswoman for Surrey Police said: "Police were called at 5.44am on Monday following a single vehicle road traffic collision on the clockwise section of the M25 at junction seven.
"The collision blocked the hard shoulder, lanes one and two of the Godstone to Hooley slip road and lane one of the main carriageway.
"The carriageway was cleared and traffic was running freely by 1.20pm."
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