A number of motorways and roads across Greater Manchester are shut this morning – causing traffic chaos through the rush-hour.
A stretch of the M6 motorway near Wigan has been closed off since the early hours. Emergency crews were called to the motorway between junction 27 and 26 after ‘reports of a person falling from a bridge’, according to GMP Traffic.
Tragically, a woman was found dead at the scene. Accident investigation work is ongoing on the scene with the southbound stretch of the motorway remaining fully shut this morning.
Traffic is heavy up to the closure and diversion route on the M6. A stretch of the M66 is also shut this morning following an ‘accident’ on the northbound side between junction one for Ramsbottom to the A56.
