LIVE: M60 closed due to 'serious incident' with air ambulance landing on motorway - updates

The M60 has been closed this afternoon due to an ongoing 'serious incident' with an air ambulance landing at the scene.

Police are in attendance on the motorway between J23 and J24 with a full closure in place on the clockwise carriageway. An air ambulance has also been called to the incident.

North West Motorway Police urged drivers to avoid the area and find alternate routes due to the full closure while investigation works take place.

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Posting to X, they wrote: "We have a serious incident on M60 between j23 and j24 both carriageways will be closed to allow helimed to land and investigations to continue - please find another route."

Further details about the incident have not yet been confirmed. Greater Manchester Police have been approached for more details.

Traffic caught within the closure is in the process of being released past the scene in lane four.

Videos taken by those living nearby to the M60 show the air ambulance landing on the motorway this afternoon.

Greater Manchester Police have confirmed that officers from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit (SCIU) are investigating the crash this afternoon.

We will bring you further details as and when we get them.

Police have issued numerous warnings over people taking videos of a 'serious collision' on the M60 today.

Amid the incident, North West Motorway Police urged those passing the scene to stop taking pictures and filming the incident, asking people to 'stop and think about the families of the people involved.'

The force later urged stuck motorists to remain in their vehicles after reports of people getting out of their cars to walk their dogs and buy ice creams from an ice