Woman taken to hospital after multi-vehicle M6 crash causes long delays
Motorists have been warned of delays of up to an hour on the M6 following a crash on Monday morning.
Traffic was stopped following the collision involving a car and a lorry on the southbound carriageway between Junction 9, for Wednesbury, and Junction 8, for the M5.
Emergency services were called to the scene - within sight of the Wednesbury Ikea store - shortly before 8am.
The driver of the car, a woman, was treated by paramedics for minor injuries and taken to Sandwell Hospital for further treatment.
Initially three of the four lanes were closed before traffic was stopped completely while "all emergency services" attended.
National Highways West Midlands said at 10.15am that all lanes had reopened, however the agency warned of approximately "six miles of congestion" and warned motorists to allow "an extra 30 to 35 minutes journey time".
A spokesman from West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 7.41am to reports of a road traffic collision involving a car and lorry on the M6 south between junctions nine and eight.
"We sent one ambulance and a paramedic officer to the scene and treated a woman, the driver of the car, for minor injuries.
"She was conveyed to Sandwell Hospital for further treatment.”
A spokesman for West Midlands Fire Service said: "Three fire engines, crewed by firefighters from West Bromwich, Walsall and Wednesbury, attended.
"Nobody was trapped, but one woman was taken to hospital after being treated by paramedics."
