Man airlifted to hospital after serious M56 crash - a tanker driver has been arrested
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA man was airlifted to hospital and another was arrested for dangerous driving after a serious crash on the M56. A stretch of the motorway on the westbound carriageway was shut off for hours after the crash near junction 10 last night (Monday).
Police said it involved a tanker, a HGV and a white Ford Transit van. The driver of the van, a 38-year-old man from Clock Face in Merseyside, was seriously injured, a spokesperson for Cheshire Police added.
He was cut out of the van by firefighters. READ MORE:Police shut major south Manchester road after reports of crash He was then taken to Aintree Hospital in an air ambulance.
He remains there in a stable condition. The driver of the tanker, a 39-year-old man from Bury, was taken to hospital as a precaution.
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