Overview
- Littler missed the Professional Darts Corporation’s 11am registration cutoff in Wigan after being stuck in traffic, the PDC confirmed.
- He first joked on Instagram about heading “back to bed,” then shared a report of a fatal M6 incident and offered sympathies to those affected.
- Greater Manchester Police said emergency services responded around 10:15am between junctions 25 and 26 of the M6, where a man was pronounced dead.
- CharlIe Manby was called into the draw in Littler’s place and went on to defeat former world champion Rob Cross in the first round.
- Littler remains eligible to enter Thursday’s Players Championship 34 if he signs in on time, as Chris Dobey won Wednesday’s event and Luke Humphries’ finals qualification goes to the final day.