Ambulance and fire crews attend early morning M61 crash near Chorley
Police closed two lanes of the motorway after a crash on the southbound carriageway between junctions 8 (Chorley) and 6 (Bolton North, Horwich) at 6.25am.
Fire and ambulance crews also attended, but Lancashire Police said the crash was "damage only" and no-one has been seriously injured.
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Hide Ad"We attended but no one required hospital treatment," confirmed a spokesman for North West Ambulance Service.
Southbound traffic was held between 6.25am and 6.45am whilst the vehicles were moved to the hard shoulder.
All lanes are now back open and traffic has returned to normal.
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