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A 12-mile stretch of the M6 in Cumbria has been closed after a man died when a vehicle transporter crashed on Monday. | |
Police said the lorry carrying Transit vans crashed through the central reservation, near junction 42 at Carlisle South, at 0800 BST. | |
The impact caused one of the vans to spill onto the road. A second man was treated for minor injuries in hospital. | |
The closure is expected in both directions between junction 41 at Wigton and junction 42 until 1400 BST. | |
Large tailbacks have been reported in the area and motorists are being advised to avoid the motorway around Carlisle. | |
Diversions are in place on the A6, but heavy congestion is also being reported on that road. | |
Insp Terry Bathgate, of Cumbria Police, said: "There is significant technical difficulties in recovering a vehicle of this size. | |
"There are experts at the scene recovering scientific evidence and we have to spend time to find the root cause of this accident." |