Motorists are being warned a stretch of the A50 has been shut off after a car has ploughed into a sign. Images from the scene in Uttoxeter show a car has hit the signage for the Esso garage by McDonald's.

Now traffic monitoring system Inrix has confirmed the eastbound stretch from the roundabout to Derby Road has been shut. Photographs taken by a witness show the front-end of the car has been wrecked with what appears to be a lamppost also knocked over.

Traffic is now queuing back to the JCB headquarters with roads in Uttoxeter such as Derby Road, The Dove Way, and Ashbourne Road all congested.

Emergency services are currently at the scene. It is not known whether any other vehicles have been involved.

14:58 Dave Knapper

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