TRAFFIC is queueing on the M62 after a crash near Winwick.
The accident involving two vans and five cars happened around 7am.
All the vehicles have been moved onto the hardshould after junction nine at Winwick.
Congestion is back to junction 11 at Birchwood and on the M6 in both directions to Haydock and Lymm.
Lanes were closed but they have all been reopened.
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