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'Major disruption' on the M6 in Birmingham due to outside lane crash

There was 'major disruption' on the M6 in Birmingham on Friday morning due to a crash.

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A traffic camera image taken at 7:20 J7, Birmingham (N) / Walsall.

According to West Midlands Roads, part of Transport for West Midlands, there was a road traffic collision in the outside lane on the southbound carriageway between junction 6 for Birmingham and junction 5 for Castle Bromwich.

As of around 7:10am, there were tailbacks of more than half an hour stretching back to junction 7 for Great Barr.

Traffic cameras also seemed to show major traffic build-up on the motorway.

The incident was also having an impact on the A38 out of the city and other local routes, West Midlands Roads said.