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M62 debris: Cars hit scrap metal on motorway | |
(about 3 hours later) | |
Thirty cars were left with punctured tyres or damaged bodywork after they ran over scrap metal that had dropped off a lorry on the M62 in Merseyside. | |
The cars had to pull on to the hard shoulder of the eastbound carriageway between junction 6 for Tarbock Island and junction 7 for Rainhill Stoops. | The cars had to pull on to the hard shoulder of the eastbound carriageway between junction 6 for Tarbock Island and junction 7 for Rainhill Stoops. |
The Highways Agency said the incident had happened at about 06:20 BST. | |
Traffic officers put a rolling roadblock in place while their colleagues cleared the debris. | |
The area was said to be clear by 08:40 BST. | |
A Highways Agency spokesman said jagged pieces of steel had fallen from the lorry, which had not yet been identified. | |
Struck the roof | |
Some drivers had damaged their vehicles as they collided with the scrap at high speed. | |
One driver reported that metal had struck the roof of his car. | |
The spokesman said: "We started taking calls at about 6:20 this morning, with some drivers saying they were stuck on the hard shoulder because they had gone over some metal. | |
"Traffic officers sent to the scene discovered there had been a shed load of metal which had fallen to the ground. | |
"A lorry driver later said he had seen the scrap fall from an HGV on to the carriageway." | |
Traffic on the Manchester-bound carriageway is now running as normal. | Traffic on the Manchester-bound carriageway is now running as normal. |