{"id":179639,"date":"2025-06-12T23:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T23:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/179639\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T23:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T23:45:11","slug":"m67-closed-and-emergency-services-on-scene-following-police-incident-close-to-denton-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/179639\/","title":{"rendered":"M67 closed and emergency services on scene following &#8216;police incident&#8217; close to Denton Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Motorists are advised to avoid the area<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1_GettyImages-1217602682.jpg\" alt=\"police tape\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>The motorway has been shut by police(Image: Matt Turner\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Emergency services are on the scene following reports of a serious &#8216;police incident&#8217; on the M67 this evening (June 12).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The motorway was forced to fully close shortly after 10.15pm, close to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/denton-and-audenshaw\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Denton<\/a> Rock. According to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/greater-manchester-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Greater Manchester Police<\/a>, the westbound carriageway has since reopened while the eastbound remains closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">There is currently no information regarding when the road will reopen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Motorists are advised to avoid the area and make alternative travel arrangements where possible. The closure is in place between junction one with the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/m60\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">M60<\/a>, and junction three.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokesperson for National Highways said: &#8220;The M67 in Greater Manchester is closed eastbound between J1 (M60) and J3 (<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/hyde-and-longdendale\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyde<\/a>) due to an ongoing police led incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Traffic Officers are assisting with strategic closures on the approach with no times for the reopening of the road at this stage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Road users travelling eastbound are advised to follow the Solid Circle diversion symbol on road signs<\/p>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\">\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Exit the M67 eastbound at J1.<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">At the end of the slip road turn right on to the A6017.<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">At the junction with the A57 turn left.<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Remain on the A57 eastbound to the junction with the A627 Clark Way.<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Turn left and follow Clark Way to J3 of the M67. Bear left to re-join the M67 eastbound.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">If this closure impacts on your planned route, please allow extra journey time. Plan ahead, you may wish to re-route or even delay your journey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Further information is available from National Highways by visiting our <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trafficengland.com\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">www.trafficengland.com<\/a> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Motorists are advised to avoid the areaThe motorway has been shut by police(Image: Matt Turner\/Getty Images) Emergency services&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,51164,2465,760,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-179639","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-m67","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-traffic-and-travel","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114673059435823321","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}