TRAFFIC has returned to normal after an overturned vehicle cause the closure of the M61 northboud.
The accident had led to long delays in the area just after noon, with traffic queuing from junction two of the East Lancs Road to the A666, St Peters Way, near to Kearsley Roundabout.
Witnesses said that emergency vehicles are now on scene.
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