The key motorway was briefly closed after the spillage (Image: SWNS)
The M6 motorway has been partially reopened right this moment after a milk truck overturned, injuring two folks and inflicting journey chaos.
Lancashire Police mentioned a tanker travelling northbound on the M6, the most important motorway within the UK, slammed with the central reservation at round 7am.
This flipped the automobile onto its facet on the southbound carriageway, bringing visitors to a standstill for 2 hours.
A person and a lady, the driving force and a passenger, have been taken to hospital.
Pictures from the scene present round 20,000 litres of milk, in addition to diesel, masking each carriageways.
The automobile’s roof may be seen crumbled and caved in.
Some 20,000 litres of milk in addition to diesel was splashed over the motorway (Image: Nationwide Highways / SWNS)
Officers shut the M6 in each instructions between junction 31 and junction 33 northbound and junction 31 and junction 32 southbound close to Lancaster.
Diversions have been put in place, with motorists warned to brace themselves for hour-long delays.
However the police mentioned at round 4:50pm that the M6, which passes Coventry, Birmingham, Stafford, Wolverhampton and Stoke-on-Trent, has been re-opened.
‘A big amount of milk and diesel spilled onto the carriageway inflicting it to be closed,’ the drive mentioned.
‘The street was closed for a while right this moment however has now reopened.’
They warned, nevertheless, that ‘visitors is anticipated to be sluggish transferring and congested for a while’.
The lorry hit the central reservation whereas travelling north between junctions 31 and 32 close to Preston (Image: Nationwide Highways / SWNS)
The driving force and passengers have been taken to hospital (Image: Nationwide Highways / SWNS)
‘So please keep away from the world the place doable,’ the drive mentioned.
In response to Nationwide Highways, the M6 northbound carriageway has reopened with a lane 4 closure.
The southbound carriageway stays closed between J32 and J31 close to Lancaster.
The hyperlink street from the M55 eastbound to M6 J32 southbound can be shut.
The company mentioned: ‘This incident has resulted in an intensive diesel spillage on the southbound carriageway.
‘Restoration are at present on scene and have righted the automobile and are within the means of eradicating the automobile from scene.’
An incident alert alongside the M6 southbound exit slip at junction J21 continues to be energetic, with ‘extreme delays’ of as much as two hours anticipated.
‘Regular visitors circumstances are anticipated between 7pm and seven:15pm on 2 July 2023,’ Nationwide Highways mentioned.
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