Traffic and Travel report
THE M6 has reopened southbound following a serious accident in Cumbria.
Police were called today at 4.20am following reports of a crash on the M6 southbound between junction 39 and junction 37.
A white heavy goods vehicle, driven by a 53-year-old man from Beattock, left the southbound carriageway and travelled down an embankment where it collided with a bridge parapet.
The driver was taken to Royal Preston Hospital with serious injuries, which are not believed to be life-threatening.
The M6 southbound was closed from junction 39 at Shap to allow collision investigation work to be undertaken, but now all lanes have re-opened.
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