The truck broke down on the southbound carriageway between junction 26 (Orrell Interchange) and junction 25 (Wigan)
The M6 was closed in both directions for several hours due to the incident in which an HGV driver suffered major injuries and two other people miraculously escaped being seriously hurt.
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