BREAKING: Rush hour chaos as car flips onto train tracks in horror crash as major rail lines closed

Services betwixt Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport are affected pursuing a car landing connected the bid tracks beneath aft crashing astatine a roundabout. All railway lines betwixt Newton-le-Willows and Manchester pursuing the incident

A car has flipped connected to a railway enactment causing wide unreserved hr chaos.

The conveyance is said to person smashed into a roundabout astatine Regent Road successful Salford earlier falling connected to the track. The smash has affected each services betwixt Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport.

A GMP Traffic spokesperson wrote connected X: "Regent Rd Roundabout, Salford. Please expect immoderate delays this greeting portion remedial works are carried retired pursuing a 1 conveyance collision.

"There volition besides beryllium disruption to the obstruction web arsenic the car has landed connected the bid tracks. Driver arrested for affirmative enactment sample." The Manchester Evening News confirmed that a operator has been taken into custody connected suspicion of driving nether the power of alcohol.

A National Rail spokesperson added: "Due to the exigency services dealing with an incidental betwixt Newton-le-Willows / Wigan North Western and Manchester Oxford Road / Manchester Victoria each lines are presently closed. As a result, trains whitethorn beryllium cancelled, delayed oregon diverted. Disruption is expected until 13:00."

According to the ECHO, the lines affected are Northern services betwixt Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport, betwixt Wigan North Western and Manchester Victoria, besides betwixt Chester and Leeds / Manchester Victoria

TransPennine Express services betwixt Liverpool Lime Street and Hull / Manchester Victoria / Newcastle, besides betwixt Lancaster and Manchester Airport

Transport for Wales services betwixt Chester / Llandudno and Manchester Airport / Manchester Oxford Road, besides betwixt Holyhead and Manchester Airport

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