Emergency services are responding as a lorry overturns in a Wiltshire village.
999 crews raced to reports of a road traffic collision on the A354 Blandford Road in Coombe Bissett, near Salisbury, this morning (Thursday).
Police, fire and ambulance are all in attendance – with the lorry having flipped outside The Fox & Goose pub. It’s understood the vehicle was carrying grain, which has spilled across the road.
The pub has announced that it is closed to punters while the incident is ongoing.
In a statement, a spokesperson said: “Unfortunately we are going to be closed for lunchtime today (Thursday 7th August).
“We’ve had a grain lorry crash outside the pub! The road is closed. We will keep you all updated as to when we are able to open…. Hopefully for evening service!”
Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “We were called at 7.12am today (August 7) to Salisbury Road, Coombe Bissett, to reports of a one-vehicle road traffic collision involving a lorry and a building.
“Three crews attended from Salisbury, Verwood and Fordingbridge (Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Service).
“Crews used environmental packs to contain fluid leaks, and our stop came in at 8.23am. The incident was handed back to the building owner and Wiltshire Police.”
A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 7.08am Thursday, August 7 to a road traffic collision near Coombe Bissett.
“We sent one double-crewed land ambulance, and an operations officer to the scene.”
