Environment Agency called after tanker overturns and spills milk near busy roundabout
The Environment Agency were called after an overturned milk lorry has flipped on its side in Oswestry spilling milk over the carriageway.
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West Mercia Police said at around 6pm the lorry overturned near the Mile End roundabout.
In a post on X (Twitter), Oswestry Safer Neighbourhood Team said: "We're getting reports of a lorry overturned on the Mile End roundabout. Traffic's heavy please avoid the area."
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said it was a milk tanker that had overturned and they sent four fire engines to the scene, adding the Environment Agency was also there.
Oswestry Fire Station, which later posted images of the overturned lorry and spilled milk across the carriageway, said crews from the Environmental Protection Unit and the Rescue Tender from Ellesmere, Oswestry, Tweedale and Wellington all attended.
The fore service added at around 8pm that a recovery lorry was heading to the scene.
