A truck has smashed into a telegraph pole and closed a road in Wirral.
Merseyside Police rushed to Willaston Road at around 3pm on Tuesday, August 8, following reports of a crash. Once at the scene officers found a white Citroen van had crashed into a sign post and telegraph pole near Thornton.
The driver was uninjured in the crash and remained at the scene to assist police with their enquiries. The road remains closed in both directions due to damage to the telephone pole.
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A spokesperson from Merseyside Police said: "Officers were called to a report of a collision on Willaston Road this afternoon, Tuesday 16 August. At around 3pm we received a report that a that a white Citroen relay van drove into a sign post on the road.
"The driver of the vehicle was left uninjured and remained at the scene. Willaston Road remains closed due to damage to a telephone pole in the area which occurred during the incident."
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