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| M6 multiple-vehicle crash closes motorway at Coventry | M6 multiple-vehicle crash closes motorway at Coventry |
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| The M6 has been closed southbound following a crash involving two cars and two lorries. | The M6 has been closed southbound following a crash involving two cars and two lorries. |
| Police said one lorry had overturned and gone down an embankment. | Police said one lorry had overturned and gone down an embankment. |
| A 25-year old man, the driver of one of the lorries, was taken to hospital with leg and wrist fractures and a suspected fractured pelvis, West Midlands Ambulance Service said. | A 25-year old man, the driver of one of the lorries, was taken to hospital with leg and wrist fractures and a suspected fractured pelvis, West Midlands Ambulance Service said. |
| The crash happened near Coventry, between junctions 2 and 3 at about 07:45 BST. | |
| Two women who were in the two cars were treated for minor injuries at the scene. The other lorry driver was unhurt, the ambulance service said. | |
| The northbound carriageway was also closed, but has since reopened. | The northbound carriageway was also closed, but has since reopened. |
| The Highways Agency said it was working hard to get the motorway fully reopened but oil and diesel which had been spilled onto the road was proving a "large task" to clear. | |
| There were long delays in both directions, with slow traffic for eight-and-a-half miles between junctions 3 and 4, it said. | |
| It has advised motorists to find an alternative route. | It has advised motorists to find an alternative route. |
| The agency said the crash had forced it to cancel planning maintenance work which would have seen a long stretch of the M40 closed overnight. |