M6 motorway chaos as traffic grinds to a halt due to a collision

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Traffic officers and police are currently on the scene dealing with a collision on the M6 southbound between junctions 33 and 32.

Queues of traffic has started to pile up as one lane is currently closed due to the earlier collision. National Highways North West say the incident is expected to clear between 8.30pm and 8.45pm. People took to social media after becoming stuck in 'standstill' traffic. One person said they had been stuck 'for an hour' in congestion.

An update from National Highways said there were delays of around 15 minutes with heavy congestion between both junctions southbound.