M6 southbound crash: All lanes reopen following five vehicle collision and fire

By The Newsroom
Published 17th Oct 2018, 07:30 BST
Updated 17th Oct 2018, 10:28 BST
CCTV motorway traffic camera of the M6 Southbound Motorway - J23, HaydockCCTV motorway traffic camera of the M6 Southbound Motorway - J23, Haydock
CCTV motorway traffic camera of the M6 Southbound Motorway - J23, Haydock
Traffic was stopped on the M6 southbound this morning following a collision involving four cars and one van.

The incident took place on the southbound M6 between junction 23, Haydock, and 22 Newton Le Willows.

Two lanes along the M6 northbound had also been closed for a short while.

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Three lanes were closed along the southbound carriageway until around 7.45am.

CCTV motorway traffic camera of the M6 Southbound Motorway - J23, HaydockCCTV motorway traffic camera of the M6 Southbound Motorway - J23, Haydock
CCTV motorway traffic camera of the M6 Southbound Motorway - J23, Haydock

Motorway police reopened two lanes of the southbound carriageway, leaving one lane closed to allow for the recovery of the fire damaged vehicle.

All lanes reopened just after 9am.

A Highways England Tweet said: "Traffic has been stopped on the #M6 southbound between J23 and J22 due to a vehicle fire & road traffic collision involving 4 cars and 1 van. 2 lanes now closed northbound."

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