A big part of the M6 has been closed in each instructions after a tanker crashed and overturned - inflicting an "extensive" milk spillage on the motorway.

The truck hit the central reservation whereas travelling northbound at round 7am at this time in Lancashire. The incident led to extreme delays of as much as two hours for motorists.

A male driver and a feminine passenger within the automobile had been taken to hospital for remedy.

Some 20,000 litres of milk had been reportedly spilled throughout all lanes on the northbound carriageway and there was additionally a diesel spillage on the southbound carriageway.

As a consequence, the M6 was shut in each instructions between junction 31 and junction 33 northbound and junction 31 and junction 32 southbound close to Lancaster.

The M6 junction 3a and junction 31 entry slips and the hyperlink highway from the M55 eastbound to the M6 junction 32 southbound had been additionally closed, in response to National Highways.

National Highways stated there have been extreme delays of 90 minutes above regular journey time if motorists head southbound and 60 minutes northbound.

Chief Inspector Patrick Worden, of Lancashire Police, stated: "At this time we expect the motorway to be closed for some if not most of the day.

"The tanker must be recovered and as a result of massive scale milk and diesel spillage, the motorway floor handled appropriately.

"We expect this to cause significant delays and I would advise motorists to make plans for alternate routes.

"We will replace you with extra info as and when applicable."

There had been additionally extreme delays of 120 minutes on the M55 eastbound between J3 and J1 and 60 minutes on the M61 northbound between J9 and M6.