MOTORISTS are being warned about an accident on the M65 which is affecting traffic near Darwen.

On the Lancashire Telegraph traffic feed we have reports of queueing traffic due to accident, now on the hard shoulder on M65 Westbound from J4 Darwen / Blackburn South to J3 A674 Chorley Road (Blackburn West / Wheelton / Walton Summit).

Lancashire Telegraph:

There is congestion to J5 (Guide / Shadsworth) too.

More to follow...