Truck closes main road near Beaumont Shopping Center

Police have closed a main road in west Leicester after a lorry rolled onto its side on a roundabout. The incident happened at around 6.30am today at the junction of Anstey Lane and Bennion Road in Beaumont Leys, Leicester.

The westbound side of the A5630 Anstey Lane – from Leicester and Beaumont Shopping Center to the A46 and Anstey – was closed to traffic for almost three hours while the lorry was put back on its wheels and removed from the roundabout. A spokeswoman for Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service said the lorry driver was fine and they had left the incident to Leicestershire Police.

Police posted on X at 7am: “Anstey Lane near Gorse Hill Ambulance Station road closed. Please find alternative routes”.

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