Busy road near A1 junction partially closed for hours following crash

Cambridgeshire Police were first called to a crash along the AA139 Fletton Parkway in Peterborough just before midday today (Wednesday, May 6). The crash involved a car and lorry.

A police spokesperson said: "We were called at 11:54am today with reports of a collision between a car and a lorry on the Frank Perkins parkway." Motorists are advised to avoid the area."

Emergency services, including police, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue and the East of England Ambulance Service, remain at the scene as of 1.55pm.

The inbound part of the road remains closed. Traffic monitoring site Inrix says: "A1139 Fletton Parkway inbound closed, queueing traffic due to accident from A1(M) J17 Peterborough / Oundle to Newcombe Way.

Congestion to the A605 back past the Services, queues northbound coming off the A1 to the roundabout, and queueing outbound from Nene Parkway."