Motorists were facing major tailbacks this morning after a three-car crash on the Knowsley Expressway.
The crash which happened just after 6.30am brought traffic to a standstill and continues to cause delays this morning.
Merseyside Police said three vehicles including a black Volkswagen car were involved in the accident, close to the M57 J1 Tarbock Island and one of the cars had ended up in the central reservation.
However a spokesman said: "Closures are in place but nobody is believed to have been seriously injured. "
He added that North West Motorway Police were leading the response.
And North West Motorway Police tweeted that although recovery vehicles were being sent to the scene, motorists should brace themselves for traffic delays.
The tweet around 7.30am warned: "RTC on the A5300, Knowsley Expressway, northbound carriageway, we are in the process of getting recovery trucks to the scene but there are tail backs."
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Travel monitors INRIX gave more details of the crash saying Knowsley Expressway was blocked northbound with "stationary traffic due to an accident between A562 Speke Road (Widnes) and M57 J1 (Tarbock Island, Huyton With Roby)."
Cappuccino, based at Huyton train station warned its customers in a tweet just after 7am that the Knowsley Expressway "isn’t moving due to a car crash".
The closures were lifted just after 9am.
