Eight people have been taken to hospital after a crash on the M62.
Emergency services rushed to the scene between junction 8 and junction 7, at around 4.10am, on Monday, August 8. At the scene police, paramedics and fire fighters found two vehicles had been involved in a crash.
It's reported that one of the vehicles left the road during the crash. A North West Ambulance service spokesperson said that one person suffered "major trauma" while the others were classed as "walking wounded."
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Police officers confirmed that there were four people in each of the vehicles. They said the person who suffered major trauma is believed to have "sustained a serious injury to his leg."
A stretch of the motorway westbound from J8 A5281 Burtonwood Road (Warrington West / Burtonwood) to J7 A57 Warrington Road (Rainhill Stoops) was closed while treatment and recovery work took place. After the vehicles were removed from the road, two lanes were kept closed for a number of hours while an oil spill from the crash was cleared.
A spokesperson for Cheshire police said: "At around 4.10am on Monday 8 August emergency services were called to reports of a collision on the M62 westbound between junctions 8 and 7. Highways officers and Cheshire Fire attended the scene and found there had been a two vehicle collision.
"There were four people in each of the vehicles who were treated by paramedics. One person was believed to have sustained a serious injury to his leg and was taken to hospital."
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