M62 traffic LIVE as westbound carriageway closed due to lorry crash causing 5 miles of queues

The M62 is closed westbound following a crash. The motorway was first shut in both directions between junction 20 at Rochdale and junction 21 for Milnrow.

More than five miles of queuing traffic is backed up along the route. The Eastbound carriageway has since reopened.

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