Overview
- Fire crews extinguished a blaze after a three-vehicle collision on the M62 eastbound near Junction 9, which initially shut the motorway in both directions.
- Westbound lanes reopened shortly before 4pm, and by the evening traffic was reported back to normal with police, fire and highways teams clear of the scene.
- Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service said one person was assessed by paramedics at the J9 crash and confirmed no one was trapped in their vehicle.
- National Highways held traffic within J9 and implemented diversion moves via exit and entry slips while emergency services worked at the scene.
- In a separate incident earlier, a car left the M62 J10 eastbound slip to the M6 at the Croft Interchange, with firefighters rescuing a trapped driver from an embankment and handing them to paramedics as the slip road was closed.