Lengthy delays after lorry overturns on M6 causing diesel leak

THERE were severe delays of over 90 minutes on the M6 near Warrington this morning after a lorry overturned causing a diesel leak.

At 05:37 three fire crews and a major rescue unit attended reports of a lorry overturning on M6 southbound between junction 20 and 19 near Lymm

The crews got one casualty from the vehicle and handed them into the care of paramedics. A diesel leak from the vehicle was dealt with by the crews who notified the Environment Agency.

Two lanes of the carriageway remain closed throughout the morning durign recovery and clean up operations. The incident resulted in lengthy delays on local roads this morning.

Then in another incident at 7:04 on the M6 northbound between junctions 20 to 21 near Appleton Thorn, two fire crews attended reports of a car colliding with the central reservation.

One casualty was able to remove themselves from the vehicle and into the care of paramedics.

The overturne dlorry on the M6 – Picture Highways England

INCIDENT

Lanes 1 & 2 (of 3) are currently closed on the #M6^[1] southbound between J20 & J19 near #Warrington^[2] due to a collision involving an overturned HGV.

Delays are building from J21A #M62^[3], currently adding at least 45 minutes to journey times.

Approach with caution #Cheshire pic.twitter.com/mVvHfdxBUA^[4][5]

— National Highways: North-West (@HighwaysNWEST) July 7, 2023^[6]

References

1. ^{^} #M6 (twitter.com)
2. ^{^} #Warrington (twitter.com)
3. ^{^} #M62 (twitter.com)
4. ^{^} #Cheshire (twitter.com)
5. ^{^} pic.twitter.com/mVvHfdxBUA (t.co)
6. ^{^} July 7, 2023 (twitter.com)