PART of a major road has been closed after a car flipped on the A27.
There are long delays as police closed the Westbound A27 Shoreham bypass following the collision just before the Southwick Tunnel.
Three vehicles are understood to be involved in the crash between the A293 turn off for Portslade and west Hove and A283 Steyning Road.
We’re on scene at a road traffic collision on the westbound carriageway of the #A27 between #Hangleton and #Holmbush. The road is completely closed on this side of the road whilst we deal with the incident. pic.twitter.com/5et3KnYApE
— PC Tom Van Der Wee (@PCTomVanDerWee) August 9, 2021
Officers are from Sussex Police are at the scene as one vehicle remains overturned.
The latest traffic report reads: "The A27 Shoreham bypass westbound is closed and there is queueing traffic due to the accident.
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"Two vehicles and an overturned vehicle involved between A293 (Portslade / west Hove turn off, Brighton and Hove) and A283 Steyning Road (Steyning turn off, Shoreham-by-Sea).
"Police have closed the road due to the accident just prior to the Southwick Tunnel."
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