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Ten drivers face prosecution after blocking the emergency services from getting to a crash on the M6. The motorway was closed for most of Friday after a lorry carrying beer collided with a camper van and a car and shed its load of bottles and crates ov…
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Drivers who blocked emergency vehicles during M6 crash to appear in court
Posted on – 1st September, 2024 – 9:28pm | Author – Ed Walker | Pos…
Those who left their vehicles “impeded officers getting to the scene of the emergency” and “significantly delayed motorway traffic”, the spokesman said.He said officers had been “seeing this happening more and more, with people thinking this behaviour …
It follows an incident on Saturday when police had to stop traffic on the M6 in both directions near to Junction 33 due a report of a distressed man on a bridge.
Officers said within a few minutes, a number of motorists got of out of their vehicles to…
Lancashire Police were responding to a ‘distressed male on a bridge’ on Saturday, August 31, which forced them to close the motorway in both directions near Junction 33.
With cars queuing up, some people made the choice to leave their vehicles behind, …