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M6 lorry crash forced overnight closure

Alex McIntyreWest Midlands
National Highways A motorway camera view showing a queue on one carriageway, People can be seen out of their cars. National Highways
The M6 was closed in both directions near the Warwickshire and Leicestershire border

The M6 has fully reopened after a lorry crashed into the central reservation barrier and overturned on Sunday.

The crash happened shortly before 17:00 BST, with the closure in both directions between junction one near Rugby and the Catthorpe interchange in Leicestershire, National Highways said.

Emergency services, including the air ambulance, attended the scene and highways officers assisted with traffic management.

At about 11:30 BST on Monday, National Highways confirmed the northbound stretch between the M1/A14 junction and junction one of the M6 had reopened. It stated about three hours earlier that the southbound carriageway was again in use.

In the early hours National Highways had said a police investigation and recovery works were ongoing and there were delays of half an hour and two miles of congestion southbound.

A lorry is seen on its side on the carriageway on the right on the image. The carriageway on the left, which is more prominent on the photo, includes an upright lorry, a police car, a trafffic cone on the left and two other cars at the bottom of the image.
Emergency services were at the scene

Police sought to relieve congestion by turning vehicles around from the rear of the queue and helping motorists leave the affected area.

Diversion routes were put in place for those travelling on the A14 westbound, the M1 northbound and the M6 southbound.

After the affected stretch re-opened, National Highways thanked people for their patience and said the road surface was "planned to be resurfaced overnight" on Monday.

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