Live – Police incident closes key Plymouth road

Road blocked by stuck Royal Mail truck, say police

Devon and Cornwall Police say they were alerted to an incident in nearby Embankment Road at 3.40pm regarding a Royal Mail truck which had become stuck under the railway bridge, close to the junction with Stanley Place.

The Force Incident Manager for the force told PlymouthLive the position of the lorry left the road blocked and as a result police took the step of temporarily closing the road at Hele’s Terrace to prevent additional vehicles joining the growing traffic jam.

The “fully loaded” truck was unable to get past the bridge and police assisted with extracating it from the bridge.

The roads were fully opened at 4.40pm.

It is not the first time such a vehicle has been stuck at the same location. PlymouthLive reported on another Royal Mail lorry which was stuck in the same location in February 2021, as shown in the picture below:

A Royal Mail lorry is stuck under the bridge at Embankment Road (Image: Submitted)