Date: 10/10/2019
Time: 14:45:00
Address: M6 Motorway Northbound near Jct 32 and 33
Incident Number: 1910003396
Fire crews from Preston, Lancaster and Garstang were called to reports of a road traffic collision involving a heavy goods vehicle which had overturned on the M6 motorway, northbound between junction 32 (Broughton Interchange) and 33 (Galgate). The highways agency and Police are also in attendance at this incident and initially closed the motorway northbound and lane 3 of the southbound carriage way. Firefighters assisted in making the scene safe and used an environmental grab pack and hose reel. At 16:11hrs firefighters were no longer required at the incident and let the scene. The first lane of the northbound carriageway was reopened at this point too.