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Lorry crashes into canal in Mid Wales closing busy A483

A lorry overturned into a canal on a main route through Mid Wales causing traffic problems.

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The lorry overturned on the A483 between Garthmyl and Abermule, near Newtown at 1.55pm today.

The driver was not injured and the lorry was recovered.

The road was closed causing traffic on the busy route.

A spokesman for Mid & West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said: "We were called to a lorry which had overturned between Abermule and Garthmyl.

"The lorry had ended up in the canal and we have two crews at the scene and a boat to help with the recovery.

"Nobody was in the lorry by the time we had arrived."

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