TRAFFIC was stopped for an hour after a pedestrian was seen walking along the M65.

A 34-year-old man was arrested after police received reports that a pedestrian was walking along the hard shoulder between junction four A666 Blackburn Road and junction five A6177, at just before 4pm today.

He has been detained under the Mental Health Act.

The motorway was closed in both directions as a precaution and re-opened just before 5pm.

Lancashire police said: “Although some vehicles had to take evasive action nobody was injured during the incident.”