{"id":455881,"date":"2025-09-27T17:40:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T17:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/455881\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T17:40:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T17:40:13","slug":"main-road-closed-after-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/455881\/","title":{"rendered":"Main road closed after crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People are being told to avoid the area<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0_BHR_LEC_270925_ALMONDSGREEN.jpg\" alt=\"Police shut the road in West Derby on Saturday\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Police shut the road in West Derby on Saturday<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">A Liverpool road has been forced to close after a police incident. Arriva said its 61 service had to divert following the closure of Almond&#8217;s Green in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/west-derby\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Derby<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">Writing on X, a spokesperson said: &#8220;Due to a police incident at Almonds Green service 61 will divert via Muirhead Avenue, Queens Drive, Mill Lane &amp; Barnfield Drive towards <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/aigburth\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Aigburth<\/a>. Services towards <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/bootle\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Bootle<\/a> are currently as normal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">When contacted, a Merseyside Police spokesperson said a crash had caused the closure of the road. They said: &#8220;We were called to the junction of Muirhead Avenue East and Almonds Green at around 3.55pm to reports of a collision involving a Nissan Note and a Ford Transit van.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">&#8220;The driver of the Nissan is being assessed and the junction is partially blocked. Both vehicles stopped at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">&#8220;Please avoid the area as we deal with the incident. 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