Drivers were seen queuing for ice cream in the middle of the M56 as the motorway was closed for over two hours.
All traffic was stopped on the M56 in both directions as police searched for a man on the run from prison on the M6 at Junction 20 (Lymm) at around 6.30pm on Wednesday, March 23'. Traffic on the M56 was already struggling after a crash between four vehicles and a motorbike at around 4.30pm.
An air ambulance was scrambled to the scene and took a patient to Aintree University Hospital. The condition of the person in hospital is not known.
