Heavy rain and flooding caused a car to crash into an HGV on the motorway over the weekend.

Police were called to the M6 just north of junction 32 on Saturday after a driver lost control in the heavy rain and crashed with an HGV, and ended up coming off the motorway.

Luckily the driver had been wearing a seatbelt and suffered only minor injuries thanks to the working airbags.

A police spokesperson said: "Two vehicle RTC north of junction 32.

"Heavy downpour and flooding contributed towards this driver losing control and colliding with a HGV.

"Thankfully the driver was wearing their seatbelt and airbags did their job.

"Only minor injuries reported."