A WOMAN was rescued from an overturned car on the M6 between Middlewich and Knutsford last night.

Firefighters from Holmes Chapel, Sandbach, Knutsford and Middlewich were called to the scene between junction 18 and 19, after midnight.

A Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: “A woman was rescued from an overturned car on the M6 northbound carriageway between junctions 18 and 19.

“Firefighters rescued the casualty from the car and handed her into the care of the ambulance crew.”