A CRASH involving a lorry and two cars on the A590 between Barrow and Ulverston caused major delays for motorists at rush hour this morning.

The three-vehicle smash happened just before 8am this morning at Swarthmoor close to the Urswick turnoff. Traffic was queuing in both directions as a result but the debris is now understood to have been cleared from the road.

One eyewitness, Callum Ryan, told the Evening Mail the crash involved two cars and a lorry and that firefighters and paramedics were in attendance.

Mr Ryan said: "Thankfully not too serious. Rear of Mercedes saloon was flat from lorry's impact but people stood out of vehicles."

The three vehicles involved - a Mercedes lorry, a Ford Fiesta and a silver Mercedes CQ 5 series, all suffered damage. The Mercedes was being driven by a 23-year-old man from Barrow and the Fiesta was being driven by a man from Barrow with no major injuries reported by police.

The debris has been removed but a large amount of fluid, understood to be oil, has created slippy conditions on the road and police advised motorists to take care until Highways England engineers clear the carriageway.

This morning's crash happened less than half a mile from the Cross-a-Moor crossroads which was the scene of a collision last Friday.

During last week's crash, a white Vauxhall Astra van, a SEAT Ibiza and a Ford Transit van were involved in a collision on the A590.

Ulverston town councillor Helen Irving said she was “terrified” when she received a call to say her husband and son had been involved in the accident and hurried to the scene where her husband, Thomas, was being cut out of the car.

She said: “It was terrifying. This van just hit them in the back and then shunted them into the car in front.

“They were at the traffic lights and Thomas was talking to my son, Nicholas, and looked across at him when the van just shunted them from behind.”

Thomas, 58, said he could remember very little about the accident, apart from the pain.

He said: "All I can remember is a sudden bang then straight away I got this pain in my neck and I couldn't feel my arms.

"I just couldn't move. I couldn't feel my legs. There was no pain in the lower part of my body at all.

"All I could think was "just get me out".

"I wasn't thinking the worst; I just wanted to get out but the services were absolutely brilliant."

Mr Irving was then airlifted to Royal Preston Hospital where he was treated over the weekend before returning home late last night.

The couple's son, 30-year-old Nicholas, is also recovering at home from severe muscle damage and whiplash.

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