Live updates as ‘police incident’ sees lanes shut on M62

Motorists are being warned of delays on the M62 this morning due to a ‘police incident’. And during the height of the ongoing situation all traffic had been held on the eastbound carriageway between Junctions 11 and Junction 12. Now two lanes remains closed after all the stopped traffic was released.

National Highways say the incident is being led by North West Motorway Police. In its latest post on X, National Highways wrote: “Lanes one and two remain closed. Hopefully you will get moving again shortly.

Thanks for your patience.”

We will provide further updates in our dedicated blog below.