Road finally reopens after prolonged recovery of overturned lorry on A5
Highways workers were forced to put diversions in place on Saturday morning due to an overturned lorry on the A5.
The southbound carriageway was closed on Saturday morning between the A449 (Gailey) and Junction 12 of the M6 for Cannock.
National Highways said it was due to an overturned lorry.
They added that the western quadrant of the M6 J12 roundabout was also closed with no access to the M6 northbound entry slip road.
Clean up crews and recovery were on the scene just before 5am.
Recovery of the vehicle was "expected to be protracted" as the lorry was fully laden and needed to be unloaded before it could be recovered.
The road finally reopened at around 10am
Another incident
It comes after a spearate incident on Friday saw three fire engines called to Shrewsbury after five vehicles were involved in a collision on the A5.
The crash happened eastbound on the Edgebold to Bayston Hill stretch of the A5 at around 5.26pm, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) said.
It involved saloon car, three light goods vehicles and one heavy goods vehicle were involved in the incident.
A spokesperson said nobody was trapped in their vehicles upon arrival of the fire crews, but the ambulance service and police were in attendance.
