M61: Moment motorist goes wrong way on the M61 J4

Police said an arrest had been made following the terrifying incident last Tuesday.

Emergency services were called to the M61 junction four near Westhoughton.

Greater Manchester Police were called at around 1:40pm, and confirmed  they had made an arrest.

The case is then believed to have been handed over to Lancashire Police.

One of our readers Tom Birkett who sent in the dashcam footage - says he was returning to the yard for James Booth, where he works, when he saw the incident.

He says he tried to stop the car because of safety concerns, but was unable to.

Motorist caught going the wrong way on dashcam

Tom added: “This happened on the M61 J4 Near Westhoughton.

“I work for James Booth - a local company – and I was returning to the yard.

“Police cars and a helicopter were in pursuit.”

The video shows the car driving up the wrong way on the hard shoulder.

Another driver said: "There was quite a bit of a build-up on the motorway.

“There were a lot of people going slow to see what was going on.

"I think a lot of people would have been wondering why it was like that.

“When I saw it was on the wrong side of the hard shoulder it was worrying to think what had happened as it was quite a bit away from either junction.

“I just hope no-one was hurt and everyone was alright.

“I was coming back between junctions 7 and 6, and it was a between a blue and a purple-coloured car.

“It was facing the direction going towards junction 6 but was on the wrong side on the hard shoulder.

“There was a highways officer there with it too.”