Major delays due to separate crashes on M5/M6 link road and M54 …

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All lanes are now open after the four-vehicle crash involving a lorry closed the link at junction eight for Birmingham and West Bromwich caused hour-long delays at around 8am on Wednesday.

A separate accident at around the same time caused delays on the M54 travelling east, just past Ketley Junction and before Telford Central.

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Meanwhile, another crash happened between two lorries on the M6 between junctions 10 and 10a later on in the morning.

A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 10.53am to a road traffic collision involving two HGV’s on the M6 between junctions 10 and 10a in Willenhall.

"Two ambulances and a paramedic officer attended the scene.

"Upon arrival we found a man who was the driver of one of the HGVs. He was assessed and had sustained non-life threatening injuries. He received treatment from ambulance staff at the scene before being conveyed to New Cross Hospital for further assessment.”