Two lanes of the M6 through Cumbria remain closed this morning, while work continues to clear the scene of a lorry crash.

The lanes of the busy motorway are closed southbound between junctions 41 and 40 - between Catterlen and Penrith - to allow for a "complex recovery" operation to be carried out.

It follows a crash yesterday afternoon in which a goods vehicle overturned and plunged down an embankment.

Delays and queuing traffic were reported throughout the afternoon.

The crash, which happened about a mile north of junction 40, involved a lorry.

A dramatic image of the scene, released by Cumbria Police, shows the overturned vehicle had crashed through a barrier on the side of the motorway.

Police were alerted at 2.51pm and emergency services rushed to the scene.

A team from the Great North Air Ambulance Service was also scrambled.

Firefighters stabilised the vehicle and freed the trapped driver, helping him onto a spine board and handing him into the care of paramedics from the North West Ambulance Service.

A statement issued by Cumbria Police yesterday said: "The injuries of the [HGV] driver are not known at this time but are not believed to be life threatening."