Emergency services respond after 'van carrying milk' crashed on Newport A-road

Emergency services responded to a crash involving a milk van overnight in Newport, Shropshire.

Emergency services were called to the scene of a crash involving a ‘van carrying milk’ on an A-road in Shropshire overnight.

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service responded to the incident on the A41 in Newport just after midnight (April 13).

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A spokesperson said the incident “involves transit van carrying milk”.

However, no fire service action was required and the incident was handed over to police.

A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said: “We were called to the A41 in Newport at around 12.05am this following a report of a vehicle which has shed its load.

“Officers attended and helped to clear the debris from the road before handing the incident over to the local highways team.”

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