BIRCHWOOD residents rallied when motorists were stranded in the heat following a serious road traffic collision on the M62.
Traffic came to a standstill for several hours following a collision between two vehicles on the eastbound carriageway between junction 10 at Croft and 11 at Birchwood at around 5pm, today.
The carriageway was closed in both directions while an air ambulance attended at the scene to take one casualty to hospital.
The eastbound carriageway remained closed for several hours with motorists, many with young children, left stranded in the heat in the Bank Holiday traffic.
As a result Birchwood residents, using social media, rallied, taking bottles of water to stranded motorists.
One local resident said: “It was an amazing response from the local community at Birchwood following the incident on the M62.
“Local residents have been buying water and taking it to people stuck in the traffic jam.
“The sterling efforts of the local community have made me very proud tonight.”
Most of the trapped traffic was reported to have been released by 21.30.
#Cheshire On the #M62 eastbound, J10 – J11, we’ve re-opened the carriageway following an earlier collision. But one lane remains closed: still three further lanes open past the scene. @NWmwaypolice pic.twitter.com/OEVvbwj3ek
— Highways England (@HighwaysNWEST) May 7, 2018
Stuck in the M62 crash traffic. The air ambulance has been and gone. I do hope everyone is ok. pic.twitter.com/eqCr61JMSG
— I❤80s 🕹 (@IL0VEthe80s) May 7, 2018
Another breath taking picture for me… I don’t this guy but he’s walking up and down giving lollipops to kids and adults 👍🏼😁 #m62 #gridlocked #actsofkindness #accident #spreadthelove @NWmwaypolice @m62 pic.twitter.com/IRxdYMimbq
— Ryan Eddleston (@RyanEddleston15) May 7, 2018
Another guy, has just bought tons of water I mean atleast 50 bottles, and walked down the #m62 and handed them all out! @NWmwaypolice @Traffic_M62 #love #unsungheroes #gridlocked #motorway #accident pic.twitter.com/w1J51HEERv
— Ryan Eddleston (@RyanEddleston15) May 7, 2018
And again… people going out there way to help others… walking down the #m62 passing bottles of water to everyone! @NWmwaypolice @Traffic_M62 #helping #annoymous #gridlocked #warrington/birchwood #accident pic.twitter.com/wwse8MFbvH
— Ryan Eddleston (@RyanEddleston15) May 7, 2018
It has been a hot and busy day at Birchwood today. We have had a house fire, standby, 2 small fires and a serious RTC on the M62 with @WarrFS And @LymmFS. Both of the carriages were closed which was assisted by @cheshirepolice to allow for the air ambulance to land and take off pic.twitter.com/s12CRj3lxh
— Birchwood Fire Station (@BirchwoodFS) May 7, 2018
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I hope the person airlifted is going to be ok and anyone else who was injured in the crash is ok too.
A huge well done to all the residents who went to give out water etc to the motorists stuck in the heat and traffic standstill. Nice thing to do that and I’m sure it was appreciated by many 😀
A huge well done to the emergency services too.
My family was one of many stuck in this yesterday and I for one would like to say thank you to each and every person who took their time out to help us. From the many bottles of water handed out to the crisps and sweets for my children. One small boy even handed my two boys a couple of yoghurts. Thank you all so much you truly are amazing people. ❤
I was stuck in this yesterday and was blown away by the generosity of local residents. We were all so grateful for the water and crisps being handed out, I’m super proud to live in the North West.