UPDATE:

M1 clear as at 3:06pm.

ORIGINAL STORY

The Christmas/New Year holiday season has started poorly with the death of a man in Blueknob (Man dies following crash at Blue Knob) and a car crash on the Pacific Motorway at Knockrow.

Lismore App readers Donna and Rita said a car had left the highway. Live Traffic is showing the incident started at 12:39pm.

Police Rescue, NSW Rural Fire, SES and two ambulances are in attendance.

The accident is approximately 1km from the Lennox Head turn-off.

The accident is affecting southbound traffic. The highway is open, but you can expect delays.