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| Motorway chaos after fatal crash | |
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| A large 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. | 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 on to the road. A second man was treated for minor injuries in hospital. | The impact caused one of the vans to spill on to the road. A second man was treated for minor injuries in hospital. |
| Two lanes of the northbound carriageway were reopened at lunchtime, but southbound traffic remains static. | |
| Large tailbacks were reported in the area of junction 42, with motorists advised to avoid the motorway around Carlisle. | |
| Diversions are in place on the A6, but heavy congestion is also being reported on that road. | 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. | 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." | "There are experts at the scene recovering scientific evidence and we have to spend time to find the root cause of this accident." |