Live as A58 Wetherby Road Leeds blocked by The Crash – West Yorkshire Police have closed a part of the A58 Wetherby Road following a serious crash
Emergency services are at the scene of a serious accident on A58 Wetherby Road in Shadwell, Leeds.
Police are at the scene and it involves two cars just after the junction of Carr Lane. West Yorkshire fire and Rescue and Yorkshire Ambulance paramedics are also in attendance.
Roadworks at the A660 Otley Road / B6157 Shaw Lane / St Anne’s Road junction in Headingley involving the use of temporary traffic signals. pic.twitter.com/zguQRfDRtH
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Photographs show a severely damaged car that is on its side and the road is blocked.
Traffic is being diverted down Carr Lane and back on to the A58.
It is not clear what has happened at this time but Leeds Live have asked West Yorkshire Police for more information.
We will be covering this live and updates will appear in the blog below.
Emergency services remain at the scene
Slow traffic in both directions
Our travel partner, Inrix, said: “Slow traffic due to accident on A58 Wetherby Road in both directions at Carr Lane.”
Also Read: Man fined £11k after drunken display on Jet2 flight from Leeds Bradford Airport
A man has been fined after he was found to be drunk on a Jet2 flight at Leeds Bradford Airport.
Alexander Lewis, 29, has been ordered to pay £11,000 by magistrates after pleading guilty to being drunk on a Jet2 aircraft. Court documents show Lewis, of George Street in Cleethorpes, was drunk on the aircraft on September 8 this year.
A not guilty plea had been entered, but this was changed to guilty when he appeared at Leeds Magistrates’ Court on September 21.
A separate charge of assault, said to also taken place at Leeds Bradford Airport, was dismissed. Lewis was ordered to pay a £10,000 fine and £1,000 to fund victim services after admitting to being drunk in an aircraft. He was ordered to pay this amount by October 19 this year.
