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Ten-mile tailbacks after lorry loses hay bales on A50 in Derby

Derbyshire Roads Policing Unit Hay bales fall off lorry on A50, in Aston-on-Trent, DerbyshireDerbyshire Roads Policing Unit
Police said the spillage happened near a roundabout and was the result of "poor loading"

Drivers were forced to endure 10 miles (16km) of tailbacks on a dual carriageway when hay bales tumbled off a lorry.

Derbyshire Police's roads policing unit said the shed load happened near a roundabout on the A50 in Derby on Monday.

In a tweet, officers said: "Poor loading and roundabouts are never a good combination."

They added the driver had been reported for the incident with "no bale".

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