M6 crash: Motorway shut as 20,000 litres of milk spilled after tanker overturns

Motorway reopens after tanker overturns spilling milk over carriageway

The male driver and a female passenger were taken to hospital for treatment following the accident.

Severe delays on M6 after tanker overturns spilling milk over carriageway

The male driver and a female passenger were taken to hospital for treatment following the accident.

Travel chaos after tanker overturns and spills 20,000 litres of milk over M6

The major motorway was briefly closed after the spillage (Picture: SWNS) The M6 motorway has been partially reopened today after a milk truck overturned, injuring two people and causing travel chaos. Lancashire Police said a tanker travelling northbound on the M6, the largest motorway in the UK, slammed with the central reservation at around 7am. This flipped the vehicle onto its side on the southbound carriageway, bringing traffic to a standsti…

Major motorway closed after gallons of milk spills onto road amid tanker crash

The M6 was closed in both directions after a tanker overturned and caused an "extensive" milk spillage on the motorway.The HGV hit the central reservation while travelling northbound at around 7am today in Lancashire.Around 20,000 litres of milk was reportedly spilled across the northbound carriageway while a diesel spillage was found on the southbound carriageway.Police say the lorry crashed between junctions 31 for Preston, Lancashire, and jun…

M6 crash: Motorway reopens after 20,000 litres of milk spilled on carriageway by overturned tanker

Milk and diesel was spilled across both sides of a stretch of the motorway in Lancashire after a tanker crashed and overturned - causing delays of up to two hours.

Motorway closed after gallons of milk spill onto carriageway after tanker crash

The M6 - the longest motorway in Britain - was shut in both directions between junction 31 for Preston, Lancashire, and junction 32 - the M55 link - following the accident