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M-way covered by sweets and beer M-way covered by sweets and beer
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Part of the M42 is shut after a six-vehicle crash sent marshmallows and beer spilling out onto the carriageway.Part of the M42 is shut after a six-vehicle crash sent marshmallows and beer spilling out onto the carriageway.
The northbound stretch was closed at junctions 10 and 11, near Tamworth Services, after several lorries and a van collided at about 0400 GMT. The northbound stretch was closed at junction 10 near Tamworth Services in Staffordshire after lorries and a van collided between junctions 12 and 13.
The Highways Agency said delays of about 30 minutes were expected and the section of road was likely to remain closed until Friday afternoon. The Highways Agency said the accident occurred where the motorway ends and becomes the A42.
Drivers are being advised to use alternative routes. Diversions were put in place at junction 10 and drivers are being warned to expect delays.
"It is in an area where lorries cannot overtake and also fell between the control of two police regions," a Highways Agency spokesman said.
It is not known if there are any injuries and police are now investigating, he added.