SIX vehicles collided on the A56 as a morning of traffic chaos hit East Lancashire.

Officers were called at 8.50am after the crash - a few hundred yards from the M65 junction.

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A police spokesman said: "The drivers suffered minor injuries and this is a separate incident to the incident on the motorway involving six cars.

"It is unclear if anyone went to hospital."

An eyewitness, who was stuck in traffic on the A56, said: "The cars had backed up a long way and I saw an ambulance was at the scene.

"It was very busy and I couldn't pick out which cars were involved."

The road has now been cleared.

The crash follows two multi-vehicle collisions on the M65 this morning. Click on the links below to read more...

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