UPDATED: FOUR casualties escaped with minor injuries following a collision involving a lorry and a car which caused lengthy delays on the M6 southbound this morning.
Five fire engines, police and ambulance attended the scene. The four casualties involved escaped with minor injuries and three were taken to hospital further treatment.
Drivers faced delays of around 90 minutes on the approach to the collision on the southbound carriageway with three lanes are closed between junction 19 for Knutsford and junction 18 for Middlewich.
Highways England reported seven miles of congestion approaching the crash.
Shortly after 7am Two fire engines attended, one from Lymm and one from Middlewich following reports of a collision involving a HGV and a car on the M6 southbound between junction 19 to junction 18.
On arrival, the crews administered first aid to three people and used cutting equipment to remove the doors of the car for ease of access.
All lanes were shut for a short period of time.
The crews then made the scene safe.
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Lengthy delays on M6
Long delays remain on #M6 southbound J19 (#Northwich #Macclesfield #Knutsford #A556) to J18 (#HolmesChapel #Chester #Northwich #Middlewich). There is about 10 miles of congestion which is adding about 910 minutes to normal journey times pic.twitter.com/RuX8vOFVwS
— Highways England (@HighwaysNWEST) August 16, 2021
This morning we were mobilised to a road traffic collision on the M6 between J19 -J18 Southbound. Five fire engines, police and ambulance attended scene. The four casualties involved escaped with minor injuries and three were taken to hospital further treatment. pic.twitter.com/FLh27kuc2L
— Knutsford Fire Station (@KnutsfordFS) August 16, 2021
