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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Tom Duffy

Road closed after HGV flips over at roundabout

A road has been closed in Knowsley after a HGV tipped over at a roundabout.

Police were called out to School Lane in Knowsley at around 2pm today (Friday) following reports of an accident involving a HGV.

School Lane was closed while police made the scene safe.

Photographs posted online showed a large HGV laying on its side in the road , blocking the roundabout near Kitling Road.

Nobody was injured, police have said.

The roads policing unit posted a statement which read: "Thankfully no injuries here after this HGV failed to negotiate a roundabout in Knowsley industrial estate. Closure in place on School Lane please avoid whilst we recover the vehicle."

Travel information service INRIX posted a comment which read: "School Lane closed due to overturned lorry at Kitling Road. Traffic is coping well. On the roundabout."

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