For the latest Rochdale news sign up to the MyRochdale newsletter here A man has been taken to hospital after 'running on live lanes' on the M62 near Rochdale.
All traffic was stopped on the eastbound carriageway of the motorway between junction 21 for Milnrow and junction 22 for Denshaw at about 10am.
A male was seen running across live lanes on the carriageway, North West Motorway Police said in a tweet. A spokesperson for the North West Ambulance Service has now confirmed that he was taken to hospital from the scene.
It has not been confirmed whether the man, aged in his 40s, received any serious injuries. In a tweet posted this morning, North West Motorway Police said: "Male running live lanes on M62 between j21 and j22. "We have
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