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Delays on A27 after truck hits central reservation

Bob Dale
BBC News, South East
Eddie Mitchell A dark coloured estate car sits wrecked in the central reservation of the A27, its bonnet and front end smashed up and the railings around it crushed to the ground.Eddie Mitchell
The vehicle hit the central reservation at Sompting

Long queues of traffic formed on one of West Sussex's main roads after a pick-up truck hit a central reservation on Thursday morning.

Sussex Police said it was called to the A27 at Sompting, near Lancing, at 06:19 BST.

No other vehicles were involved and there were no casualties.

An eastbound lane of the carriageway was closed while repairs were carried out.

Eddie Mitchell A dark coloured estate car sits wrecked in the central reservation of the A27, its bonnet and front end smashed up and the railings around it crushed to the ground. A white saloon car queues to get past in the background.Eddie Mitchell
A lane of the A27 was closed while the car was removed and the central reservation repaired

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