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Motorists warned to avoid M6 Toll after caravan smash

A trail of wreckage was left strewn across the M6 Toll in Staffordshire after a caravan overturned and disintegrated on the main route.

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Nobody was injured in the accident on the northbound carriageway between Cannock and Brownhills.

This dramatic image shows a range of items, including wooden seats and mattresses, scattered across the road. A car is believed to have been in collision with the caravan, which was being towed along and ended up on its side.

Emergency services, including the Central Motorway Police Group, West Midlands Ambulance Service and Highways Agency, were called to the scene between T6 and T7 at around 1.50pm yesterday.

The smashed-up caravan.

All lanes were closed but the third was able to open up within half an hour.

Motorists were hit with delays of around 30 minutes and it took until late afternoon for the route to be fully cleared and running as normal.

Police initially tweeted to warn drivers to avoid the M6 Toll south. They later added: "No one has been in injured in the Toll Road RTC involving the caravan, and HA officers have just opened lane three."

West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman Suzie Wheaton confirmed paramedics were called at around 1.50pm and no-one was injured.

It comes as a man has been charged with various driving offences after a car smashed into a police car in a separate incident on the M6 Toll.

Two police officers were injured in the smash following a pursuit on Saturday.

Crews work to clear the debris on the M6 Toll following the incident.

Mark Abraham, from Warden, Kent, aged 23, was arrested by police and has now been charged with driving a motor vehicle dangerously, criminal damage to property over £5,000, assaulting a constable, failing to provide a specimen for analysis and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

He has been remanded in custody to appear at Stafford Crown Court next month.

Crews clear the M6 Toll of the wreckage.

Supt Paul Keasey, head of CMPG, said today: "This type of event is thankfully rare. Officers from CMPG bravely and selflessly put their lives at risk to protect the public from harm.

"Thankfully the pursuit ended without anyone sustaining serious injuries but it could have had a very different outcome due to the speeds of the vehicles involved."

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