M6 delays as rush-hour crash causes long tailbacks through Black Country
A driver is believed to have suffered a medical episode in the moments before a crash on the M6 on Tuesday morning.
Motorists faced long delays on the motorway in the Black Country during rush hour following the collision just before 8am collision involving a car and a lorry.
The crash closed two of the four southbound lanes between Junction 10 for Walsall and Junction 9 for Wednesbury as a result of the collision at around 8am, with traffic was backed up past the M54 towards Cannock as a result.
National Highways warned of more than six miles of congestion and 60-minute delays at 9am before reopening all lanes of the motorway around 40 minutes later.
A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said one ambulance, a paramedic officer and a MERIT trauma doctor were sent to the scene.
He said: "On arrival we discovered one patient, a man, who was the car driver. Crews were told the man suffered a suspected medical episode prior to the collision.
"Following treatment at the scene, he was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, for further treatment."
Meanwhile there was also heavy congestion for drivers heading northbound on the M6 and the M5.
