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Police close motorway lane after lorry sheds its load near Burnham-On-Sea

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Police closed one lane of the M5 motorway at Burnham-On-Sea for almost two hours on Tuesday evening (January 23rd) after a lorry shed its load of fence panels across the carriageway.

The inside lane of the southbound carriageway near junction 22, pictured, was closed at 7.45pm after a large quantity of panels fell from the back of the vehicle.

“It appears the driver didn’t know what had happened as the lorry didn’t stop for a half mile afterwards,” an Avon and Somerset police spokeswoman told Burnham-On-Sea.com.

She added that Highways Agency staff worked with police to clear the motorway, which fully re-opened again at 9.39pm. There were no injuries.

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