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Multi-vehicle crash causes eight mile queue on M62

Google A Google Street View capture of the M62 near Goole, where the M18 joins the M62 at junction 35. It is a three-lane tarmac motorway with cars and lorries travelling on it.Google
Motorists were advised to avoid travelling on the M62 eastbound between junctions 34 and 35

A motorway has fully reopened after a multi-vehicle crash caused delays.

Two lanes of the eastbound carriageway of the M62 near Goole were shut for a number of hours on Wednesday afternoon and early evening.

National Highways said the incident, between junctions 34 and 35 had caused delays of 90 minutes, with eight miles of congestion on approach to the lane closures.

Both directions of the motorway were initially closed as emergency services attended the scene.

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