There are traffic delays on the M62
THERE are warnings of long delays on the M62 following a crash.
There is queueing traffic due to an earlier accident on M62 Westbound from junction 8 at Burtonwood to junction 7 at Rainhill Stoops.
Congestion is stretching back to junction 9 at Winwick.
According to traffic monitoring service INRIX, there is also queuing traffic on the eastbound side, back to junction 6 (M57 Tarbock Island) because onlookers slowed to look at the accident.
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The travel time is around 35 minutes.
Road has re-opened after traffic was stopped for around twenty minutes.
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