CARS collided on the motorway near Carnforth this morning as sheet ice created treacherous driving conditions.

Lancashire Police were called at 7.20am after three cars collided in separate incidents on the M6 northbound between junctions 34 and 35.

Officers attended after a black Vauxhall Corsa collided with the barrier on the outside lane.

Less than five minutes later, police were called to another incident on the same stretch of road, where a truck and six cars had been involved in a collision.

No one was hurt in either of the incidents which were believed to have been caused by sheet ice.