Police and National Highways teams attended the incident at the Thelwall Viaduct
All traffic was stopped due to the crash
There was traffic chaos on the M6 on Wednesday evening (May 28) as motorists became stuck in miles of congestion following a multi-vehicle crash.
Police and National Highways teams attended the incident at the Thelwall Viaduct on the M6 southbound between J21A for Croft Interchange and J21 for Manchester Road.
There were delays of over half an hour and five miles of congestion following the crash, which later resulted in all traffic being temporarily held in a closure.
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“There are delays of over half an hour and 4 miles of congestion on the M6 southbound in Cheshire between J21a (M62) and J21 (Warrington) due to a collision,” an update from National Highways North West read.
It followed a crash involving a number of vehicles on the southbound carriageway. Traffic Officers were called to the scene to clear the vehicles involved onto the hard shoulder.
After around 20 minutes, there were ‘very long delays’ as the temporarily closure was lifted and traffic began to clear.
Cheshire Constabulary have been contacted for further details.
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