Overturned lorry causes A38 slip road closure in Plymouth

A slip road on to the A38 in Plymouth will remain closed overnight after a cement lorry overturned, highways bosses have said.

The crash happened on the A38 Forder Valley Interchange at about 08:50 BST, with the lorry overturning on the slip road at Marsh Mills, Devon and Cornwall Police said.

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said crews attended the scene at 08:57 BST and used an environmental kit to stop a “small amount of diesel, oil and other vehicle fluids from entering a water course”.

Police said the driver was understood to have suffered a minor injury.