A SECTION of the M60 is closed after a vehicle overturned.

A low loader vehicle is understood to have collided with the nearside barrier. A lorry it was carrying has overturned and is currently in the hard shoulder.

Two lanes are shut and motorists are experiencing long delays on the anti-clockwise carriageway between Junction 17 for Prestwich and Whitefield, and Junction 16 for Pendlebury.

North West Motorway Police is advising drivers to take it slow along the junctions.

Patrols are currently dealing with the situation.

North West Motorway Police said on Twitter: "Oops, laning right didn't quite work."

Congestion is backing up to Junction 20 for Higher Blackley and the M62 southbound.

Traffic patrols are at the scene.