PART of the M62 was shut today after a crash near Outlane.

The busy trans-Pennine motorway was closed shortly before 9am when an articulated lorry was involved in an accident with a car on the eastbound carriageway between Scammonden and Outlane.

It is believed there was a second accident involving another lorry on the same stretch of motorway.

Police were forced to close the eastbound carriageway.

There was no confirmation of injuries.

Last month an early morning crash involving a sweet lorry caused major traffic congestion throughout Huddersfield.