A500 closed for five hours and counting after lorry smashes into three vehicles

A section of the A500 remains closed tonight. It follows a crash which saw a lorry smash into three vehicles. The A500 has been closed since 4.10pm this afternoon.

It is shut between the Hanchurch roundabout for junction 15 of the M6 and the A34 junction at Hanford. A Staffordshire Police [1] spokesman said: "Thank you to the public for your patience as we have been dealing with a multi-vehicle collision on the A500 this afternoon. A lorry went over the junction 15 roundabout and collided with three other vehicles at around 4.10pm.

One person was taken to hospital with a neck injury and others were treated at the scene.