The M61 southbound was closed between junction 5 and 4 at just after 9pm on the evening of Thursday September 26 as emergency services arrived on the scene.
They were called to assist someone in need of “rescue” on St Helens Road.
A Greater Manchester …
Part of the M61[1] motorway through Bolton[2] has been closed due to an ‘ongoing police incident’. The southbound carriageway between junctions four for Farnworth and junction five for Westhoughton has been shut.
Diversions have been put in place, but …
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At around 12:15 a.m. today, police were called to a crash involving a car and a pedestrian[1] on the M62. Emergency services pronounced a man dead at the scene.
A 25-year-old man remained at the scene after the accident and police arrested him on suspi…
A man has been rushed to hospital after being rescued from a lorry following a crash on the M61[1]. Emergency services were called out to the motorway near Bolton[2] following a collision on the northbound carriageway between junctions five and six.
It…
The incident happened on the M61 between junctions 5 and 6 at around 9.40am on the morning of Wednesday September 6.
North West Motorway Police and Greater Manchester Police were called to the scene.
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said: “It a…
Queues are building on a stretch of the M61[1] this morning after a crash.
According to traffic alert service Inrix, a vehicle has overturned on the scene. Two lanes have been closed off on the southbound carriageway.
The lanes are shut between junctio…
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