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The 24-year old former England international was returning from Middlesbrough to his North West home when the accident happened between junctions 20 and 21 but the forward is okay and began training with the rest of his Boro team mates today.
Ricketts faced his former club for the remaining ten minutes of Boro's 2-0 win over the Wanderers on Saturday and manager Steve McClaren has said it is a releif that no one was hurt
"We are relieved that Michael emerged from what seems to have been a very nasty accident unscathed apart from only a few bumps and bruises. He was in for training as normal today."
A Greater Manchester Police spokeswoman said: "We can confirm an accident occurred at that location at 7.11pm. One vehicle was involved and there were no injuries."