A5 Watling Street: Lorry crashes into notorious railway bridge

A railway bridge in Leicestershire has been struck by a lorry for the second time in a week.

Leicestershire Police said emergency services were called to the A5 Watling Street in Hinckley at about 09:15 GMT on Friday.

The road was closed in both directions, the force said, adding that nobody was injured in the crash.

It comes days after a lorry last struck the bridge, previously dubbed the "most bashed in Britain"[1], on Sunday.