Updated: Traffic chaos as lorry crash closes M62 both ways

POLICE are warning of long delays after an accident closed the M62 motorway between Junctions 24 and 25 in West Yorkshire this afternoon.

A lorry and two cars were involved in the lunchtime collision near Junction 25 at Bighouse, blocking both carriageways.

The lorry overturned on the westbound carriageway and shed its load onto the eastbound carriageway. A man was taken to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary.

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The road was closed for most of the afternoon between Ainley Top and Cleckheaton, to allow for the recovery of the vehicles involved.

A Highways Agency spokesman said the eastbound carriageway traffic was beginning to return to normal from around 5.30pm tonight. Two lanes were opened from 4.30pm.

Only one lane of the westbound carriageway was open tonight. The others are blocked by a diesel spill.

The lorry which crashed was carrying heavy equipment used for drilling.

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