M6 traffic chaos as motorway still closed by police after horror lorry accident

Shocking images shared connected societal media showed an tremendous dense goods conveyance tipped implicit connected the M6, covering the cardinal preservation and the bulk of the northbound and southbound lanes

The M6 motorway remains closed this greeting aft a lorry was overturned successful a devastating collision yesterday.

Traffic was brought to a complete standstill connected the M6 betwixt J33 A6 Preston Lancaster Road (Lancaster South/Garstand) and J32 M55 (Broughton Interchange) connected Wednesday day astatine astir 2pm.

Police confirmed that a conveyance had been overturned, starring them to shutter the motorway in some directions. Terrifying images shared connected societal media showed an tremendous dense goods conveyance (HGV) laying connected its broadside crossed the bulk of the northbound and southbound lanes, and the cardinal reservation, with a azygous car breached down successful beforehand of it.

Emergency services raced to the scene, including the aerial ambulance, according to National Highways. Lancashire Police initially said the motorway would beryllium closed for a "number of hours" portion they transportation retired their investigations and cleanable up.

This greeting they issued a follow-up update which revealed that portion of the roadworthy was inactive closed. The connection read: "Good Morning, yesterday we advised of the M6 being closed and we conscionable wanted to supply an update. At the infinitesimal we person been capable to unfastened Lanes 1&2 connected the Northbound carriageway lone betwixt Junction 32 & 33.

"The Southbound remains closed astatine this clip arsenic the carriageway needs to beryllium re-surfaced. Traffic is inactive expected to beryllium dense successful this country until the afloat carriageways reopens. Please program your travel accordingly and we volition supply a further update erstwhile each lanes are reopened."

In a connection yesterday, the unit said: "We were called astatine astir 11.20am to reports of a superior collision connected the M6 motorway close to junction 33. The motorway is presently closed successful some directions portion exigency services woody with the incident.

"We volition merchandise further accusation erstwhile we are successful a presumption to bash so." Lancashire Police posted earlier successful the day, saying they "anticipate this volition beryllium closed for a fig of hours" portion conducting their investigation.

According to National Highways, the "serious collision" progressive a HGV "that has collided with the cardinal preservation and has subsequently overturned, coming to remainder connected its side, connected the other carriageway."

National Highways predicted postulation would instrumentality to mean astatine astir 4.30pm. It remains unclear if determination were immoderate injuries successful narration to the accident.

The clang came arsenic thousands of fans of Preston shot nine were travelling on the M6 to scope Sunderland, wherever the 2 teams kicked disconnected astatine 8pm past night. Fans took to societal media to pass their chap supporters to debar the motorway owed to the overturned lorry.