Lostock Hall lorry crash leads to road closure on roundabout near M65 and Leyland

The lorry crashed on the roundabout linking Farington Road, Stanifield Lane and Watkin Lane shortly before 3pm on Sunday (July 9), and part of the roundabout remains cordoned off nearly 24 hours later.

Fortunately, no one was injured in the crash which saw a lorry smash into traffic lights before overturning onto the pavement next to the roundabout.

Westbound Farington Road (A582) – taking traffic towards Flensburg Way – remains closed today (Monday, July 10) while Lancashire County Council make repairs to the damaged traffic lights.

The road is closed for around a mile from Stanifield Lane and Watkin Lane to the double roundabout at Flensburg Way and Croston Road in Farington Moss.

A mobile crane was brought to the scene on Sunday to recover the lorry while police redirected traffic through Lostock Hall.

Lancashire Police said no one was injured and no one has been arrested in connection with the crash.

A spokesman for Lancashire County Council said: "We're keeping around 40m of the inside lane where this incident happened closed off with cones as it has been damaged by the vehicle which overturned, and the oil which was spilled.

"We're planning to resurface the damaged area on Wednesday when we'll need to close this section of the A582 again to westbound traffic to safely carry out this work.

"We will put signed diversions in place and hope to have the road reopened again by the evening."