All traffic has been held on M58 near Skelmersdale due to a 'police incident'. M58 crash updates: A 14-year-old boy and a woman have died in the M58 motorway crash.

Chief Inspector of Lancashire Police Damien Kitchen said he expected the motorway to re-open soon.He said: “The operation to clear the motorway is making good progress.“We expect it to be cleared fully and re-opened in both directions by 5.30pm.” Chief Inspector of Lancashire Police Damian Kitchen said the second crash was not directly linked to the first.He added: “The second crash is not directly linked to the first incident but is believed to have been caused by the queue which resulted from the first incident.“The crash happened about a mile from the first crash.“A number of vehicles were involved and three people were seriously injured.Chief Inspector of Lancashire Police Damian Kitchen said: “One male is in police custody.“He has been arrested on suspicion of death by dangerous driving.“We are still appealing for witnesses in addition to the witnesses who have already come forward.“Family of all people involved have been contacted and are being supported by specialist officers.”All the latest on this breaking news story is here: Police have confirmed two people, one woman and a teenager, have died in the m58 crash this morning.The driver of the HGV, a 31 year old man from Chorley, has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.Shortly after the initial collision a second collision took place involving an HGV, a van and a car.
Images from the scene showed a lorry carrying scaffolding material and a number of bent and twisted cars. Two air ambulances, four land ambulances, police and fire engines are all in attendance, the North West Ambulance Service said.

They say "amazingly" nobody was injuredTraffic at a standstill after a multi-vehicle crash on the M58Traffic at a standstill after a multi-vehicle crash on the M58

M58 Eastbound Diversion - Traffic should follow the Solid Triangle symbol via, the M57 and A506 through Kirkby. Congestion to J25 (Bryn).Six cars have been involved in the accident leading to an overturned car, two cars leaving the carriageway and barrier damage say travel monitors INRIX.Elsewhere there is one lane closed and queuing traffic due to an accident, two cars involved, on the M6 Northbound between J26 M58 (Orrell Interchange) and J27 A5209 Crow Orchard Road (Standish). “The air ambulances were flying around. I’ve never witnessed anything like this before.”Four people have been taken to hospital after a “very serious accident” on a motorway, emergency services said.

There are currently no incidents reported on the M58 west. Main M58 Travel News. The collision between junctions 3 and 4 of the M58 in Lancashire involved seven vehicles, including an HGV and a minibus. An NWAS spokeswoman said that three of those taken to hospital are male, two of whom may be children. I’ve never seen anything like it in my life. "For all our latest news and breaking news visit http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/.Get all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that matter to you.Follow us on Twitter @LivECHONews - the official Liverpool ECHO Twitter account - real news in real time.We're also on Facebook/theliverpoolecho - your must-see news, features, videos and pictures throughout the day from the Liverpool ECHO.Thank you for following our updates on this breaking news story.This is everything we know so far on the crash today. The crash today, near junction 4 for Skelmersdale, is causing heavy traffic along the M58 and M6 Travel website INRIX has reported the following: “M58 Eastbound blocked, queueing traffic due to serious police incident between J5 A577 (Up Holland) and M6 J26 / …

“The air ambulances were flying around. “It looked very serious. The The motorway is expected to re-open soon however for those still needing to travel here are the diversions in place. No details have yet been released by Highways England or local police. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. The motorway has been closed since 8.45am on Tuesday morning following ‘a very serious accident’ between junctions 3 and 4. Traffic is at standstill on the M58 westbound between J4 Skelmersdale and J3 Bickerstaffe. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.
Our thoughts remain with everyone affected at this sad time. The collision was reported shortly before 7am this morning (February 12) on the eastbound carriageway between junction 3 for Ormskirk and junction 4 for Skelmersdale.. Traffic officers, Lancashire Police, North West Ambulance Service and the fire service have been called to the scene.

Reminder that elsewhere we have long delays due to an earlier accident on the M6 Northbound between J26 M58 (Orrell Interchange) and J27 A5209 Crow Orchard Road (Standish). “It looked very serious.