One of the busiest main roads through Ormskirk is closed following a serious early morning RTA.

The infamous County Road junction with Green Lane’s claimed another casualty after a BMW and Mercedes Benz HGV collided around 8am; Lancashire Constabulary’s posted warnings of delays on its popular FB page with local diversions now in place on Yew Tree Road, Heskin Lane and Southport Road.

QLocal reporter Roger Blaxall took these exclusive photos a short while ago with a large number of Police, Fire and NWAS personnel at the scene – the BMW car was left in a hedge with one casualty wheeled into an ambulance.

Blaxall be updating the story at lunchtime; many thanks to two readers who both phoned and texted him with tip offs on the incident.

Just watching the chaos of traffic diverted down Yew Tree Road, who says we don't need a by-pass