Motorway delays after fuel spill crash

Overhead cctv view of vehicles queuing on a carriageway next to a field in the middle of the M62, with Pennine hills rising in the backdrop.Highways England

The crash has caused significant traffic to build up on the westbound M62

Major delays are building up on the M62 motorway after a car was involved in a crash in Greater Manchester.

Fuel spilled over all lanes of the westbound carriageway between junctions 21 and 22 near Rochdale earlier.

National Highways said the "significant" spill meant motorists could not pass until the clean-up was complete.

It has closed the affected westbound section where about four miles of congestion have built up.

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