A driver has been hospitalised after a lorry crashed into the central reservation of a busy motorway.
The crash happened on the M6 at about 1.30pm on the northbound carriageway near Preston.
It caused a ‘large diesel spillage’ which is affecting all lanes of the northbound carriageway and has forced one lane of the southbound to close, National Highways say.
Emergency services are still at the scene, including the fire service who are helping to clean up the diesel spillage.
There are miles-long queues on the approach to the scene as rush hour traffic starts to build, and the northbound side of the motorway is expected to remain closed for the rest of the day.
Drivers are experiencing severe delays on the M6, which is having a knock-on effect on the nearby M55 and M61.
The lorry driver has been taken to hospital, Lancashire Police said.
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