Traffic has been stopped on the M62 motorway this morning following a crash. The westbound carriageway has been shut near Rochdale, National Highways said, and the crash took place between junction 22 for Denshaw and junction 21 for Rochdale.

National Highways said the crash was a single vehicle collision and that there is over a mile of congestion on approach.

It stated on X: "Traffic is stopped on the #M62 westbound between J22 (#Denshaw) and J21 (#Rochdale) due to a single vehicle collision. There is also a spillage across all lanes of the carriageway."

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