Major delays after lorry overturns at one of East Lancashire's busiest roundabouts

9:00am Monday 8th October 2012 in News

MOTORISTS suffered major delays this morning after a lorry overturned at one of East Lancashire's busiest junctions.

The accident happened at 5.22am at the Winfield roundabout at Rising Bridge.

The A56 Accrington bypass was closed northbound and delays were experienced on the A56 between Haslingden and Rising Bridge.

There were also delays through Rising bridge back towards Baxenden.

No other vehicle was involved, and the driver of the lorry managed to get himself out uninjured before calling for emergency help.

Lee Cook, crew manager at Hyndburn fire station spent an hour at the scene.

He said: “When we got there, there wasn’t anybody trapped, but the lorry was leaking diesel into the drains.

“We carried out an assessment and decided to block off the drains while the vehicle was recovered.”

Police have temporarily closed part of Blackburn Road and the A56 Haslingden Bypass while the HGV is recovered.

Comments(5)

HarryBosch says...
10:18am Mon 8 Oct 12

This is at least the 2nd accident at this spot in a week. The last being a fatal accident last week. Is something going on with this stretch of carriageway? Has something changed recently?

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HelmshoreBoy says...
10:46am Mon 8 Oct 12

HarryBosch wrote:
This is at least the 2nd accident at this spot in a week. The last being a fatal accident last week. Is something going on with this stretch of carriageway? Has something changed recently?
Nope, just poor driving standards!

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Baggy1963 says...
11:51am Mon 8 Oct 12

They should have turned off the traffic lights in Accrington to improve traffic flow

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Chugger says...
12:42pm Mon 8 Oct 12

wish I'd taken a picture now, it looked pretty grim, glad no one was injured, if a car had been on either side - which is normal for that roundabout it looked like it would have been Game Over...

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mys says...
1:45pm Mon 8 Oct 12

What a nightmare it was, glad no one was injured though, it took me 2hrs to do the school run, I set off to haslingden at 8am got back to accrington at 9.50, sat stuck in bloody traffic on my arse won't do the spreading much good lol, it happened at 5.22am, I feel sorry for them stuck on the motorway, hope they had enough fuel, it was still choca when I went back over at 11 o'clock

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