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| Long queues as M6 lorry overturns | |
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| Drivers are being advised to avoid the M6 northbound in Birmingham after a lorry overturned spilling animal feed across the carriageway. | Drivers are being advised to avoid the M6 northbound in Birmingham after a lorry overturned spilling animal feed across the carriageway. |
| The motorway is shut between junctions five and six by Spaghetti Junction and traffic is queuing for more than 10 miles. It will remain closed overnight. | |
| It is thought the driver, aged in his 40s, was thrown out of his cab and on to the hard shoulder. | It is thought the driver, aged in his 40s, was thrown out of his cab and on to the hard shoulder. |
| Drivers are expected to face delays of up to two hours. | Drivers are expected to face delays of up to two hours. |
| Part of the southbound carriageway was closed temporarily to enable the driver to be airlifted to hospital. He suffered head and arm injuries. | |
| In a statement, West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "Crews arrived to find a lorry which had overturned on to its side and collided with the nearside barrier. | |
| "The lorry was carrying a cargo of cattle feed which had been strewn across all three lanes of the motorway. | |
| "The driver of the lorry, a man believed to be in his 40s, was ejected from the cab in the crash and was on the hard shoulder with serious arm and head injuries. | |
| "Considering the crash happened on an elevated stretch of the motorway, there was potential for this incident to be much more serious." |
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