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Extreme snow and wind hits the West Midlands and causes chaos on the M6 for motorway patrollers on the night shift. A pick-up truck flips upside down in the snow. As the blizzards continue, gritting teams are out in force trying to protect the roads.

A broken-down vehicle on a high-speed slip road is not what it seems, there's a four-car collision on Britain's highest motorway, and a driver is stunned when a wheel falls off her car.

Manchester is gridlocked when a pile-up blocks the M60, three men are stranded on Spaghetti Junction, and the M6 is brought to a standstill by a dog running up the middle of the lanes.

A terrified family need help in the middle of the M60, an HGV grinds to a halt on the motorway at night, and a rogue deer looks like he's planning to cross the M62.

The motorway patrollers face off with a pack of escaped sheep. A driver attempting to get home on an empty tank is confronted when he runs out of fuel in a live lane of the motorway. And a seven car pile-up on the M62 causes Friday night chaos.

Motorway patrollers Gavin and Ryan race to a serious car fire on the M60, a breakdown in the middle of the night on an unlit section of motorway puts lives in danger, and a serious accident is narrowly averted when an HGV runs over a wheelbarrow.

On the M5 near Birmingham, Patrollers Dave and Martyn shut down the motorway when a car on fire gets dangerously out of control and is discovered to be packed with explosive contents.

In the north-east near Leeds, patrollers Helen and David are racing to a nightmare breakdown in the middle of an unlit section of the M1 when it's smashed into at high speed by another vehicle.

In the northeast near Leeds, patrollers Helen and David are racing to a nightmare breakdown. Meanwhile, outside Manchester, an elderly couple are stranded in the dark when their car suddenly stops in a live lane.

A woman attempts to wave down traffic on the M6, a young driver gets trapped in his car after crashing into the central reservation, and a lorry cab threatens to catch fire on the M5.

During rush hour northwest of England, patrollers Steven and Sue hit traffic jams near Warrington and discover a three-car RTC with one driver injured and trapped in her car.

Patrollers Alex and Steve are called to an emergency when a horsebox catches fire, risking an emergency shutdown of the entire M1.

A wheel ripped from a car in a high speed crash bounces across the carriageway and causes three more accidents. And a car out of fuel causes chaos in the Birmingham rush hour.

Outside Leeds, two people are cut from the wreckage of a high speed crash.