M54 blocked as car overturns
Thursday 20th May 2010, 12:29PM BST.
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Rush-hour tailbacks built up on the M54 today after a car overturned and left one lane blocked.
The incident happened at about 8.45am along the west-bound carriageway between junctions five and six at Telford.
The car overturned after hitting a grass verge but nobody was believed to have been injured in the incident.
An ambulance and firefighters were called to the scene.
West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman Chris Kowalik said: “A car appeared to have overturned when it hit the grass verge at the side of the M54.
“A senior paramedic and ambulance crew were at the scene.”
Motorway police confirmed they attended an incident on the M54 where a vehicle was on its roof and was investigating it.
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