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Tanker collision closes motorway M6 partly open after tanker crash
(30 minutes later)
The North West's main route into Scotland has been closed after a petrol tanker overturned and crashed through the central barrier. The North West's main route into Scotland remains closed after a fuel tanker overturned and crashed into the central barrier.
Junctions 41 and 42 of the M6 have been shut and a 200m exclusion zone set up around the vehicle, near Southwaite Services, south of Carlisle. Specialist vehicles have been brought in to remove the tanker on the M6 near Southwaite Services, south of Carlisle.
Junctions 41 and 42 of the M6 are still closed northbound, but the southbound carriageway has now reopened.
Traffic is currently being diverted on to the A6, but long delays are expected as the clean-up continues.
The tanker's load is not leaking, but fire crews have sealed off the area as a precaution.The tanker's load is not leaking, but fire crews have sealed off the area as a precaution.
Police expect the road to re-open sometime after 1300 GMT.
Specialist vehicles have been brought to the scene to remove the crashed tanker.
Traffic is currently being diverted on to the A6, but long delays are expected.