Confused drivers and long queues were a result of a minor RTA between a car and artic yesterday evening in Lathom.

An Eddie Stobart truck was in collision with a Citroen C3 which was badly damaged in the accident which happened at around 5.30pm at the end of Ring O'Bells Lane. The car's air bag was deployed in the bump with the truck relatively undamaged with a paramedic called to attend to the car driver.

Around four police officers were on traffic duty at the ends of both Flax Lane and Hall Lane and near the Briars Hall Hotel with trucks simply told to wait and other drivers turned round.

The Police PR office put out a FB alert about the congestion; our thanks to the QLocal reader from Burscough who tipped off reporter Roger Blaxall about the incident - he was stuck on Flax Lane when her text arrived!