Police and paramedics called to A500 crash

Police and paramedics ^[1] were called to a smash on the D-road last night. Witnesses say part of the stretch - between Hanford and Stoke ^[2] - was closed as a result of the crash.

Staffordshire Police ^[3] were called to the scene at around 7.45pm. Officers found a crash between an Audi car and a HGV.

A woman in her 30s was treated at the scene for 'minor injuries'. The force sayS the route was fully back open a short time later.

It came on a day when emergency services responded to a number of incidents on the area's dual-carriageways. As reported by StokeonTrentLive ^[4] the eastbound stretch of the A50 near Blythe Bridge ^[5] had to be shut following a crash between a recovery truck and a car.

Meanwhile a lane was shut on the A500 around Talke after reports a lorry had hit a bridge. Today part of the D-road near Porthill was blocked following a crash between two lorries.^[6]^[7]

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References

^{^} paramedics (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
^{^} Stoke (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
^{^} Staffordshire Police (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
^{^} As reported by StokeonTrentLive (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
^{^} Blythe Bridge (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
^{^} Meanwhile a lane was shut on the A500 around Talke (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
^{^} a crash between two lorries. (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
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